The plain of the wilderness. —This is the reading of the Hebrew margin here and at 2 Samuel 17:16, and is followed by …

David probably wept partly because of his troubles, but also because of his sin, which the thought of his troubles no doubt brought to his mind, an…

See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderne
Towards the way of which David and the people went when they came ov…

David is very careful for the safety of the ark. It is right to be more concerned for the church's prosperity than our own; to prefer the success o…