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W. which lead to decline
of the religious life; th' "a
means by which 1t ma! E
he restored: the ways III <
.n,,iob ,ha religious life is cherished anu
strenethened and the blessings
foIIou The section included simply the Il!
oidor, of the text. together with what Dawn
lid for the development Oh the ie''e'0"'
vices of the nation r. ,o,,
Historical Setting.-"Time. i - 49,
six or seven years after David became N'"7
| over all Israel IT.. Coz
!, Again" after the great asSeilpii
| his coronation. David gathereu 'oe..n
after consultation with the leaders u onrt
T.. Ia. Thirty thousand rep -
twas NJ the whole people. According -
t.SrS -, thov came as far as from Shi-
hor, fifty miles south of Ea]a' anu ~
IIan,oth in Lebanon, 80 miles north Vi
Jerusalem. low.
- And David arose, and went
| grow, RoaIe of Judah" The aSSehphhs "
Paa,e IS omitted, and the account
with the great procession as IL S'"' ~ |
=. ,,av with the ark Baale is an ahc'en :,
name for Kiriath- jearim forest cl|y is
Chron. e: g. See Place. wv nose n"n g.
called" Better, as in K. w., WIZ v,o.or
calod by the name. "The LORD " helH,Is
in our version Lord is written ~ 10Y" r1 80
il is the translation OF Jeho'ah' " ,bo
hosts" The Lord Of all the lore, :" hos,.
uniyorse organized to do his Wlli-th' non,o
VI VI haaron and the hosts of earth, all ene
u ana novars Of nature THAT dwell
~ hotween tbc cherubim;" i. e.. the aolu
mo manifestation Of whose presence
sroo, between the cherublm uhe >! h,o0'
gguros, on the mercy-seat over the "'
'1,nd they set the ark OF God upon
nov; cart" Probably from reseinuian.I
rhe way it was brought from tne ,. .n.,
10 Kiriathjearim q Sam. b: ., W. ~,
was nv the Philistines, who coulo ha,u -
,'nnwledpe of the law. Brought 1t out .
tho house of Abinadab:' in whose s'n
care the ark had been placed u sam :. -
seventy years before. "That was Ia ''O'
rather on the hill q Sam. Q: ~ ,,s
|. ! "And David and all the house 81 t anno
= played" The Hebrew vero lleans ~ 80
r. music vocal and instrumental - N
1rdg 1G. o.. and Jer. 80: ~; chiol
-. q Cook. ION all manner OF lhsti'
wants made Of fir wood" The expressio
:. a strange one. Probably we shouio auo
,bo reading Of the parallel passage III
Chronic,es. with all their might anu W.
singing. The Hebrew words are 'e'! '.a
lar and the Xxx. text supports the cnans
''I r,n,hr,dse bible. "Harps:" pavlds
rorite instrument probably closely resel
Ming the modern harp. "Psaiterles: ~
49, Irtes formed Of strings eight OF u
strained over parchment ana plopa'
resembling n guitar. "TimbrelS seem
- have denoted primarily the tanpouliAo'
generally all instruments OF the u,un ~
which were in use among .n0 ;nstrum
comets" loud-soundng lhsti uih
made of a horn Of a ram. Cyh'p"'
brass instruments Of percussion >-.,o
G and when they came to Nachc
,,rosbinu floor" Nachon means sm'''
~ and the threshing floor was thus Id
aftar this event, because mere was
smitinp OF Uzzah. In l Chronlcles 10
- :. is called the threshing floor OF enc
a., dort the stroke with which Uzzah
= - ,,;..on The place is unknown, put p
ahlv II was not far from Jerusalem ~
mr. forth his hand to the ark OF uou
Steadv the ark and keep it from ,al
For the oxen shook it, Dg stuli''i'
the rough road q Chron 10: N'
"And the anger of the LORD was
died" not passion, Dut ra'i,ei nv H.
And God smote him there" on tne
Itch flash of lightning. See the
~,,,n, which is connected in the Septua
-, 49, title with the removal OF the
.ror his error" an error which to MN
on;n,o "And there he died" the
cons for this severity were: W ina. ~
s',t os ., procedure which was in direct
,St.o os an eypress statute (Num. A.
.. on which required that the ark S
-, oarr;ad bv Levites David and tho
oaro of the ark should have known TINS
& "And David was dspleaseu;
Cod9 It does not say so. with the
ing up of his plans for Which ne nau
so much pains; with the ,anu. :;
hopes with the public reouhe u A''
duct 80, 90 .,o ,
O "And David was afraid OF the
va mad reiojced greatly in his ZEAL d
NOT been reyerent enough. IL was W
him to be afraid for time 49,
N $50 David would not remove the
II. feared lest he might make some
mistake. and that it would be pest
,nor, ali about duty. Carried 1T ASH
~ house ~ Obed -edom.' Levite
inc to the family of Kohath u Chr
"a with Num- IS: y, who was a
cd to have charge of the tabernacle
tNum. A: 4D. 1t was not h'o'e t .,n
ar four miles from Jerusalem. II
tito" j. e., Gathite, so called Deca
NOS native of the Leyitical city Ga
mon. ..u.. ~
H. Continued three III
Long enough for the Israeltes to lea
,osson. "And the Lord blessed ODE
and all his household" This would
all Israel that the ark itself brough
ing. not death. The death came IF
obedience. not from the ark. Anot
son was also taught. The ark OF
had been in the house of Abinadap
Years, and we do not read OF any
benediction falling upon that house
70, "And 1t was told King Dav
The fact that God blessed the pla'
the ark was impressed David with
that while it was dangerous to disc
vet it was the greatest blessing pc
have near him the ark Of God and
sen e., Gss Dag ss,s msnt snt
once more, the most eminent pri
aower Of the army, the princes
Ry "a taries. Into the city Of David