John Gill Commentary


John Gill Commentary
"So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor [the brook] of Egypt even unto the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim." — 1 Chronicles 13:5 (ASV)
So David gathered all Israel together
The principal of them, even 30,000 select men, (2 Samuel 6:1).
from Shihor of Egypt ; or the Nile of Egypt, as the Targum and other Jewish writers, called Shihor from the blackness of its water, see (Jeremiah 2:18) though some think the river Rhinocurura is meant, which both lay to the south of the land of Israel:
even unto the entering of Hamath ; which the Targum interprets of Antiochia, which lay to the north of the land; so that this collection of the people was made from south to north, the extreme borders of the land:
to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim ; where it then was, and had been a long time, see (1 Samuel 7:1).
From hence to the end of the chapter the account is the same with (2 Samuel 6:1–11) , see the notes there; what little variations there are, are there observed.
(See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:1) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:2) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:3) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:4) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:5) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:6) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:7) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:8) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:9) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:10) (See Gill on 2 Samuel 6:11)