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2 Samuel 6

2 Sam. 6:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Again, David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
gathered together
yacaph (Hebrew #3254)
to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
KJV usage: add, X again, X any more, X cease, X come more, + conceive again, continue, exceed, X further, X gather together, get more, give more-over, X henceforth, increase (more and more), join, X longer (bring, do, make, much, put), X (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, X yet, yield.
Pronounce: yaw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
'acaph (Hebrew #622)
to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)
KJV usage: assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), X generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, X surely, take (away, into, up), X utterly, withdraw.
Pronounce: aw-saf'
Origin: a primitive root
all the chosen
bachar (Hebrew #977)
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
KJV usage: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
Pronounce: baw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
men of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, thirty
shlowshiym (Hebrew #7970)
multiple of 7969; thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
KJV usage: thirty, thirtieth. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shel-o-sheem'
Origin: or shloshiym {shel-o-sheem'}
thousand
'eleph (Hebrew #505)
hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
KJV usage: thousand.
Pronounce: eh'-lef
Origin: prop, the same as 504
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-5:  David fetches the ark from Kirjath-jearim on a new cart.
6-8:  Uzzah is smitten at Perez-uzzah.
9-11:  God blesses Obed-edom for the ark.
12-16:  David brings the ark into Zion with sacrifices, and dances before it; for which Michal despises him.
17-19:  He places it in a tabernacle with great joy and feasting.
20-23:  Michal, reproving David for his religious joy, is childless to her death.
2 Sam. 5:1• 1Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. (2 Sam. 5:1)
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1 Kings 8:1• 1Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion. (1 Kings 8:1)
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1 Chron. 13:1‑4• 1And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
 2And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the Lord our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:
 3And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul.
 4And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. (1 Chron. 13:1‑4)
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Psa. 132:1‑6• 1<<A Song of degrees.>> Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions:
 2How he sware unto the Lord, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob;
 3Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
 4I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids,
 5Until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
 6Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. (Psa. 132:1‑6)
• This may appear unusual. When it is a matter of the Lord's battles we do not see men of God gathering their whole army together. It is rather the contrary. Gideon with three hundred men, Jonathan with a single man, together with so many other captains won most signal victories. God fought with them and what are few or many soldiers to Him? (“The Ark at Zion: 2 Samuel 6” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.