Annotations upon the remaining historicall part of the Old Testament. The second part. to wit, the books of Joshua, Judges, the two books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles, and the books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther : wherein first, all such passages in the text are explained as were thought likely to be questioned by any reader of ordinary capacity : secondly, in many clauses those things are discovered which are needfull and usefull to be known ... and thirdly, many places that might at first seem to contradict one another are reconciled ... / by Arthur Jackson.

CHAP. XIII.

Vers. 1. ANd David consulted with the captains of thousands, &c.] See 2. Sam. 6.1.

Vers. 2. And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good un∣to you, and that it be of the Lord our God, &c.] That is, if it shall appear to you that this counsell which I give is of the Lord our God; or if you like of it, and God shall also approve of it by blessing and assisting us therein, and that he doth not by any oracle or rub laid in our way crosse us herein, let us send for the people from all places (it is in the text, our brethren every where that are left in all the land of Israel, to wit, because the Philistines had lately slain and driven away many of them,) that we may remove the ark to Jerusalem; for thither they were now re∣moved from Hebron, and had vanquished the Jebusites there, as is noted before, chap. 11.4.

Vers. 3. And let us bring again the ark of our God to us; for we enquired not at it in the dayes of Saul.] That is, from the dayes of Saul hitherto, we have suf∣fered the ark to continue in a private house, no man regarding it, and have contented our selves to worship God in the Tabernacle at Gibeah, though the ark, the testimo∣ny of Gods presence were not in it. But why doth he not also say in the dayes of Samuel, since ever since his dayes the ark had been in the house of Abinadab? Sure∣ly, first, because he desired to accuse themselves that were then living, rather then their forefathers: And secondly, because in the dayes of Samuel by reason of the continuall warres they had with the Philistines, they had not so good opportunity to remove the ark, as they had afterward.

Vers. 6. And David went up, and all Israel to Baalah, &c.] The severall passa∣ges that need any light of explication concerning this removall of the ark; see in the 1. Sam. from vers. 2. to vers. 10.