God upon their ſhoulders, with the ſtavesthereon, as * Moſes commanded, according to the word ofche LORD, ; To wit, the Kohathires, Nb. 4, 4.
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Chap. XV.
| | Or, t ha 14 Therefore David enquired again of God, and\ Or, of
Rephaim.
2 Then David ſaid, F None ought to carry the * ark f Heb: _ of God but the Levites c : for them the LORD hath if is _—
choſen to carry the aik of God, and to miniſter unto ark of God,
: but for the c And that upon their Shoulders: of which ſee Num. 4. 15. and Levites
7. 9. and not in a Cart, as it was before to our great grief and loſs. * Numb. di. e. So long asthe Ark is to be removed, and as chat Worſhip 2. 15-
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noe "JF Or, e To wit, of Aram or Izhar, Kohath's Sons, Num. 4. 27. Otherwiſe ſ aſwe F
* 2 Sam G. 3- Chap.
4 15. 16 Arg
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APs RV, | 16 And David ſpake to the chief of the Levites, to | appointtheir brethren 0 be the ſingers, with inſtruments of muſick, pſalteries, and harps, and cymbals, + ſounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. 17 So the Levites appointed * Heman' the ſon of Joel : and of his brethren, * Aſaph the fon of Be- ! rechiah, and ofthe ſons of Mecari their brethren, * | __ Elthan the ſon of Kuſhajah. - oy +a 18 And with them their brethren of the ſecond de- Ch.6 44 gree m, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, | and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benajah, and Maatiah, | and Matrtithiah, and Eliphalet, and Mikniah, and | Obed-edom, and Jeiel the porters. | mm The firſt rank or degree of Sacred Muſicians being thoſe three famous Perſons named v. 17- next unto whom wee theſe here na- med. » Who wereto k:ep the Doors of the Tabernacle and Courts, bur withal were inſtrufted in Muſick and ſinging, that when they were free from Attendance upon their proper Othce, they might not be idle nor tinprofitable perſotis in God's Houſe. 19 So the ſingers, Heman, Aſaph, and Ethan, were appointed to ſound with cymbals of braſs. : 20 And Zechariah o, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel,and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaſiah, and Be-
najah, with Pſalteries on Alamcth p.
o In this Catalogue Ben is omitted, who was mentioned v. 18. Yet others think him to be the ſame whois called Arariah, v. 21. But Ben might be ſome other perſon, who was indeed appointed for this Work, as is related, v. 17, 18. and yet he might be taken off by d:ath or ſickneſs, or ſome ſudden and extraordinary Accident which hindred his Execution of the. Place and Work allotted for him, which might force the chief of the Levites to appoint ſome other in his ſtead, when they came to pur their Inſtitution in prattice, as here they did. p Or, with ( as that particle 1s elſewhere uſed ) Alamoth ' which is thought to be the name of an Inſtrument of Muſick; or of a certain Tune, or Note, or part in Muſick. The certain ſignification of it is not now known, nor is it neceſſary for us to kaow it. And the like may be ſaid of Sheminith, wv. 2r.
21 And Mattithiah, and Eliphaleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-gdom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps || | Or, * on the Sheminich q to excel r. his q See on v. 46. r Which word may be here added to note the eighth td Excellenty of that Inſtrument, or Norte, or part of Muſick ; or that everſee. there was a greater Extenſion or Elevation of the Voice than in the former. |.
22 And Chenaniah chief of the Levites || was for | } 0, ;, ſongs: he inſtructed abour che ſong, becauſe he was was 1
/— Skilful, | he info. 8 ig # Heb. Was for lifting up, either, r, of rhe Ark Z he was for
©, Carriage of the Ark, being appointed to inſtrutt or dire the time about the : mk 1 carriaze, and manner of carrying the Ark, and when they ſhould mike a ſtand tl Ich, Or a change in the Bearers. Or rather, 2. of the Voice : he was the lifting up Moderator of the Mulick, inſtruQing them when and how ro lifr Wl prophe= up their Voices, or change their Notes, or make their Stops, which h : beſt agrees with the following Reaſon, becatife he was 5ilful: For this Wy. required far more Skill than the carriage of the Ark ; which any man of common diſcretion could eaſily govern ; and with v. 27. where this ſame Chenanieh is joyned with the Singers.
23 And Berechiah,. and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark ?. Er
: They wete appointed to keep the Door of the Tent in which the Ark was to be put and kept, that no unallowed Perſon might preſs in and touch it;and in like manner they were to attend upon the Arkin the Way, and to guard it from the preſs and touch of prophane Hands ; for which end theſe two went before the Ark, as their other two Brethren mentioned in the cloſe ofv. 24. came after it, thatſo it might be Guarded on all ſides: which, how neceſfary it was to be done, ſufficiently appears from the danger of coming too near the Ark, or to look into it, which was exemplified in the Bethſbemites, x Sam. 6. 19.
24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoſbaphat, and Nathaneel, and Amaſai, and Zechariah, and Benajah, and Eliezer Numb, the Priefts * did blow with the trumpets before the 10. 8. atk of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were door- keepers for the ark.
25 So * David and the elders of Ifrael, and the cap- tains over thouſands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of theLORD, out of the houſe of Obed-edom withjoy. _
26 And it carne to paſs when God helped the Levites # that bare theark of the covenant of the LORD, that thy offered ſeven bullocks, and ſeven rams. = Either, 1. by giving them ſtrength to carry their Burden « or 4.adies! 2. byencouraging: them in their Woik with ſome comfort-
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_able Sign of his preſence with them, and approbation of their work and manner of carrying the Ark. When they ſaw that he did not cut off any of rhe Perſons employed, as he had done before, but ſpared and favoured them ;| which they perceived when they had gone ſix paces, as appears by 2 Sam. 6. 13,
27 AndDavif»zrcloathed with a robe of fine linnen x, and all the Eevites that bzre the ark,and the ſingers, and
FAIRE: Chenaniah the maſter of the + ſong with the ſingers,
V "5h i David aiſo had upon him an ephod of linen. -
22. «x5i.e. Witha Linen Ephod, as it is explained in the cloſe of this
Verſe, where this circumſtance is repeate1, becauſe it was a notable
and unuſu:Ithing for David, who was no Levite, to wear a Levitical
Garment. Sce ot this andthe following Verics the Notes on 2 Sam. G, 14, 15, F64
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