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1 Chronicles 21:29

in 1 Chronicles 21

For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

For the tabernacle of Jehovah, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt-offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.

KJV

For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 21

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

But God sees not as man sees. It is plain it was wrong in David to do it, and a great provocation to God, because he did it in the pride of his heart; and there is no sin that has in it more of contradiction and therefore more of offence to God than pride. The sin was David's; he alone must bear the blame of it.

This site's exposition

he offered sacrifices there

on 1 Chronicles 21:28-30

Chronicles explains why David keeps sacrificing at Ornan's floor. The tabernacle and its altar stood “at the high place in Gibeon”, but David “was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD”. The next chapter names that ground the house of the LORD God.

This site's exposition

at the high place in Gibeon

Moses' wilderness tabernacle and its altar of burnt offering still stand at the high place in Gibeon. Matthew Henry notes that David kept sacrificing at Ornan's floor as long as he lived, while the altar at Gibeon was still kept up. God had accepted the offerings made there.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), and there all the sacrifices of Israel were offered; but David was so terrified at the sight of the sword of the angel that he could not go thither,

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The words behind it

12 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וּמִשְׁכַּ֣ןand [the] tabernacle of

    umishkanH4908 →139 times

  • יְ֠הוָהYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • עָשָׂ֨הhe had made

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֧הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • בַמִּדְבָּ֛רin the wilderness

    vamidbarH4057 →270 times

  • וּמִזְבַּ֥חand [the] altar of

    umizbachH4196 →401 times

  • הָעוֹלָ֖הthe burnt offering

    haolahH5930 →287 times

  • בָּעֵ֣תat the time

    baetH6256 →296 times

  • הַהִ֑יא<the> that

    hahi'H1931 →1879 times

  • בַּבָּמָ֖ה[were] in the high place

    babamahH1116 →

  • בְּגִבְעֽוֹן׃at Gibeon

    begivonH1391 →38 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 16:39

    And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 3:4

      Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.

    • 1 Chronicles 15:11

      David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.

    • 2 Chronicles 1:13

      So Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place in Gibeon before the Tent of Meeting, and he reigned over Israel.

    • 1 Chronicles 12:28

      and Zadok, a mighty young man of valor, with 22 commanders from his own family.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 1:3

    And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the…

    it leads to

    • 1 Chronicles 16:39

      And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon

    • Exodus 40:34

      Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 1:13

    So Solomon went to Jerusalem from the high place in Gibeon before the Tent of Meeting, and he reigned over Israel.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 4:24–25

      For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.

    • 2 Chronicles 1:3

      And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the…

Where this verse is studied

About 1 Chronicles

King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.