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Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 13:1
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C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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The removal of the ark from Kirjath-jearim. Cf. Sa2 6:1-11, with the commentary on the substance of the narrative there given. Ch1 13:1-3 The introduction to this event is in Sa2 6:1 and Sa2 6:2 very brief; but according to our narrative, David consulted with the chief men over thousands and hundreds ( Ch1 15:25), viz., with all the princes. The preposition ל before כּל־נגּיד groups together the individual chiefs of the people just named. He laid his purpose before "all the congregation of Israel," i.e., before the above-mentioned princes as representatives of the whole people. "If it seem good to you, and if it come from Jahve our God," i.e., if the matter be willed of and approved by God, we will send as speedily as possible. The words נשׁלחה נפרצה without the conjunction are so connected that נשׁלחה defines the idea expressed by נפרצה, "we will break through, will send," for "we will, breaking through," i.e., acting quickly and energetically, "send thither." The construction of שׁלח with על is accounted for by the fact that the sending thither includes the notion of commanding (צוּה על). כּל־ארצות, all the provinces of the various tribal domains, is used for כּל־חארץ, Sa1 13:19, here, and Ch2 11:23 and Ch2 34:33; in all which places the idea of the division of the land into a number of territories is prominent. This usage is founded upon Gen 26:3 and Gen 26:4, where the plural points to the number of small tribes which possessed Canaan. After ועמּהם, על or על נשׁלחה is to be repeated. The words דרשׁנהוּ לא in Ch1 13:3, we have not sought it, nor asked after it, are meant to include all. 1 Chronicles 13:4
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