of Zebulun, and the princes of Napheali c. their chm x Preſent in this ſolemn pomp of carrying the Ark to Zion un- pariy: | der the condu& of David their King. y har Tribe is called /ittle partly becauſe it was the youngett, as being deſcended from Jacobs youngeſt Son Benjamin ; and principally becauſe it was exceedingly diminiſhed and almoft extinguiſhed under the Judges, Judg. 20, and 21. He mentions this Tribe, partly becauſe they were near- eſt unto Judah, and to the place whither the Ark was going ; and partly to note their reconciliation and ſubmiſſion to David, againſt whom they had ſtood out with more obſtinacy thanany other Fribe as having been ſo long uſed to govern, and lorth to part with the Regal Dignity which was by Gods appointment firlt ſeared _ them. a With the Prince of their T'ribe,who marched in the head of them, Heb. zhe ruler. ( 5. e, ) the Tribe which had lately ſway- ed the Scepter, but now ſubmitted themſelves to David, and wait«= ed upon him in this Expedition. Bur the firſt ſenſe ſeems the trueſt, becauſe the Princes of the following Tribes are here mentio= ned. 6 Their Councellors ; or rather, sheir Company, as it is in the Margent, the people of that Tribe who waited upon them in that action. Which may ſeem to be here noted to intimate,rhat though the Princes anly of the following Tribes be named,yet the people are Comprehended under them, and were preſent with them in that ſolemniry. c He mentions theſe Tribes, either 1. Becauſe they ex- celled in Learning and Knowledge, as is gathered from Gen. 49. 21. Deut, 33. igi Juag. 5. 14+ Or 2. Becauſe 'they were more hearty and forward in complying with David, and in his ſervice than the reſt, as may ſcem from the great numiber of them which came from the ends of the, Land ta David in Hebron 1 Chron. 12. 33, 34- Or 3- Becauſe they lived in the remoteft parts cf the Land of Canaan, And ſo by naming two of the neareſt Tribes, and rwo of the fur- theſt, he leaves it to be underſtood that the other Tribes alſo did come upon this occaſion, as is manifeſt from 2 Sam. 6- 15, 19. and 1 Chrox. 13. 2, 5, 6,8. and 15+3, 28. | 28 Thy God 4 hath commanded e thy ſtrength fe , þ. -- 3 ſtrengthen, OGod,that which thou haſt wrought for us g "59 d Having ſpoken of 1ſ-ael, and of their ſeveral Tribes, v. 26 , 27. he now direð his ſpeech to them. e ( ze. ) Hath ordained or effeCtually procured. as this word is oft uſed, as Levit. 25, 21. Deuts 28. 8. Pſal. 42+ 8.and 44+ 4. f All that ſtrength and pow-r, which thou haſt pur forth at any time in fighting with thine Enemies,and which is now greatly increaſed by the recolle&ion and union of all the Tele ma one head, which is the work of God himſelf, with- hy.” out whom all the differences and animoſities which had for many years been among them could never have been compoſed and -quie= red. g Seing therefore all our ſtrength is in thee and from thee a+ lone, we pray unto thee for the continuance and in:reaſe of our ſtrength, and that thou wouldeſt proceed to finiſh that good work which thou haſt begun among us, by preſerving an | confirming and perpetuating this bleſſed union, and by giving us a more full and univerſal deliverance from our Enemies, Sl 29 Becauſe of thy temple 4 at Jeruſalem, * ſhall *PC72;1e! kings bring preſents unto thee, | þ Either 1- The old Tabernacle which then was ; which is oft called by this name. But that was now at Gibeon, nor at Jeruſalem. Or rather 2. The Temple which Soom ſhould build. which David knew ſhould be very magnfical,of fame'and of glory through1:4t alCountries as be ſaith, 1 Chron- 22+ 5+ and ſuch as would command eſteem and reverence even from Heathniſh Princesand People, and that not on« ly for its moſt ſplendid and glorious Strufture, bur eſpecially for the wonderful works of the God of that Temple wrought by him on the behalf ofhis people, and in anſwer to the Prayers made in the Temple, of which ſee r Kings 8. 41, 42, 43: i Kings of the Gentiles: which was donein part in the times of Solomon and Heze kiah, 1 Kin. 10. 11, 24, 25, 2 Chron. 32. 23. and afterwards by o- thers ; but more fully when the Lord Chriſt was come unto his Temple, according to that Prophecy Mal. 3« r. and had built a bet= ter Temp!e inſtead of it, even rhe Chriſtian Church, to which the Kings and Nations of the Earth were to flow in great abundance; according to the tenor of many Prophecies in the Old Teſtament, 30 Rebuke & || tne company / of ſpear-men m, the mulcitude of the buils », with the calves of the people; pn q.. ia; - pps Won eget OE 'S [ Or, #hs ill every one ſubmit himſelf with pieces of ſilver 0: || ſcat- beaft of , ter thou p the people rhar delight in war 9g. «the Reeds, _ & To wit, really , humble and chaſtize thoſe that will not brin q Or,.. he preſents to thee, as the Kings did, - 29. till they ſee their error /c#ereth. 4V3 and
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