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13:1 Iniit autem consilium David cum tribunis, et centurionibus, et universis principibus,
*H David consulted with the captains of thousands, and of hundreds, and with all the commanders.


Ver. 1. Consulted. David wished to give religion due splendour and authority, in his dominions; and he prudently contrives to obtain the general consent. H. — "Where there is no liberty, there is no religion;" and no change in religious matters should be attempted, without the consent of the Church. C.

13:2 et ait ad omnem coetum Israel : Si placet vobis, et a Domino Deo nostro egreditur sermo quem loquor, mittamus ad fratres nostros reliquos in universas regiones Israel, et ad sacerdotes et Levitas qui habitant in suburbanis urbium, ut congregentur ad nos,
*H And he said to all the assembly of Israel: If it please you; and if the words which I speak come from the Lord our God, let us send to the rest of our brethren into all the countries of Israel, and to the priests, and the Levites, that dwell in the suburbs of the cities, to gather themselves to us,


Ver. 2. To us. In the first assembly, David's motion was adopted, and a more general meeting, particularly of the priests, was convoked. H.

13:3 et reducamus arcam Dei nostri ad nos : non enim requisivimus eam in diebus Saul.
*H And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we sought it not in the days of Saul.


Ver. 3. Sought. Prot. "inquired not at it." Yet it is certain that many resorted to the ark, at that time. But is was not treated with such honours as David now wished. H.

13:4 Et respondit universa multitudo ut ita fieret : placuerat enim sermo omni populo.
And all the multitude answered that it should be so: for the word pleased all the people.
13:5 Congregavit ergo David cunctum Israel, a Sihor Aegypti usque dum ingrediaris Emath, ut adduceret arcam Dei de Cariathiarim.
*H So David assembled all Israel from Sihor of Egypt, even to the entering into Emath, to bring the ark of God from Cariathiarim.


Ver. 5. Emath, from "the troubled river" Nile, (Jos. xiii. 3. C.) or Rhinocorura, (T. M.) to the northern extremities of the promised land, (H.) near Emesa.

* Footnote * 2_Kings 6 : 2 And David arose and went, with all the people that were with him of the men of Juda to fetch the ark of God, upon which the name of the Lord of Hosts is invoked, who sitteth over it upon the cherubims.
13:6 Et ascendit David, et omnis vir Israel, ad collem Cariathiarim, qui est in Juda, ut afferret inde arcam Domini Dei sedentis super cherubim, ubi invocatum est nomen ejus.
*H And David went up with all the men of Israel to the hill of Cariathiarim which is in Juda, to bring thence the ark of the Lord God sitting upon the cherubims, where his name is called upon.


Ver. 6. Hill. Heb. "to Baalah," which was another name, as well as "Baalim," for Cariathiarim. 1 K. vii. 2. C.

13:7 Imposueruntque arcam Dei super plaustrum novum, de domo Abinadab : Oza autem, et frater ejus minabant plaustrum.
*H And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart out of the house of Abinadab. And Oza and his brother drove the cart.


Ver. 7. Brother. Heb. "Acho," which has the same meaning. T. — Sept. Syr. &c. "his brethren." C.

13:8 Porro David, et universus Israel, ludebant coram Deo omni virtute in canticis, et in citharis, et psalteriis, et tympanis, et cymbalis, et tubis.
And David and all Israel played before God with all their might with hymns, and with harps, and with psalteries, and timbrels, and cymbals, and trumpets,
13:9 Cum autem pervenisset ad aream Chidon, tetendit Oza manum suam, ut sustentaret arcam : bos quippe lasciviens paululum inclinaverat eam.
*H And when they came to the floor of Chidon, Oza put forth his hand, to hold up the ark: for the ox being wanton had made it lean a little on one side.


Ver. 9. Chidon. Alias, Nachon. Ch. 2 K. vi. — He had perhaps two names. D. — Syr. and Arab. "of Ramim." C. — The ox. Prot. "the oxen stumbled."

13:10 Iratus est itaque Dominus contra Ozam, et percussit eum, eo quod tetigisset arcam : et mortuus est ibi coram Domino.
And the Lord was angry with Oza, and struck him, because he had touched the ark; and he died there before the Lord.
13:11 Contristatusque est David, eo quod divisisset Dominus Ozam : vocavitque locum illum Divisio Ozae, usque in praesentem diem.
*H And David was troubled because the Lord had divided Oza: and he called that place the Breach of Oza to this day.


Ver. 11. Divided. Slain. See C. xiv. 11. 1 K. xv. 32. and 2 K. vi. 7. H. — The soul of brutes perishes; that of man is only divided from the body by death.

13:12 Et timuit Deum tunc temporis, dicens : Quomodo possum ad me introducere arcam Dei ?
And he feared God at that time, saying: How can I bring in the ark of God to me?
13:13 et ob hanc causam non adduxit eam ad se, hoc est, in civitatem David, sed avertit in domum Obededom Gethaei.
*H And therefore he brought it not home to himself, that is, into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gethite.


Ver. 13. Obededom. A Levite was judged more proper to guard the ark. C. xv. 18. — Gethite. Because he had dwelt in Geth. W.

13:14 Mansit ergo arca Dei in domo Obededom tribus mensibus : et benedixit Dominus domui ejus, et omnibus quae habebat.
And the ark of God remained in the house of Obededom three months: and the Lord blessed his house, and all that he had.
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