1 Chronicles 13:7
in 1 Chronicles 13So they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.
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ASV
And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
KJV
And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 13
Commentary
4 notes on this verseIn a new cart - Lest it should be profaned by being placed on any carriage that had been employed about common uses. Uzza and Ahio - All the versions understand אחיו achyo as signifying brother or brothers; so does Jarchi, who observes, from 2Sa 6:3, that these were the sons of Abinadab.
This site's exposition
in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab
The cart is itself the error, though nothing in this verse says so. The Law required the ark carried on staves by Levites, on pain of death if even touched, Numbers 4:15 and Exodus 25:14, and a cart drawn by oxen was Philistine practice, the very method Philistine priests used to send the ark home in 1 Samuel 6:7. Chronicles tells this exactly as 2 Samuel 6:3-4 does; the explicit doctrine, that none ought to carry the ark but the Levites, waits for 15:2. Abinadab's house had kept the ark for years, and Uzza and Ahio were his sons.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
10 And the anger of the L ORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. 11 And David was displeased, because the L ORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah--(See on 2Sa 6:1-11). whose name is called on it--rather, "who is worshipped there" (2Sa 6:2).
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּרְכִּ֜יבוּ | vaiyarkivu | and they made to ride | H7392 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲר֤וֹן | ʾaron | [the] ark of | H727 → | 202 times |
| הָאֱלֹהִים֙ | haelohim | <the> God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| עֲגָלָ֣ה | ʾagalah | a cart | H5699 → | |
| חֲדָשָׁ֔ה | chadashah | new | H2319 → | |
| מִבֵּ֖ית | mibeit | from [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אֲבִינָדָ֑ב | ʾavinadav | Abinadab | H41 → | 12 times |
| וְעֻזָּ֣א | veuza' | and Uzzah | H5798 → | 14 times |
| וְאַחְי֔וֹ | veachyo | and Ahio | H283 → | 6 times |
| נֹהֲגִ֖ים | nohagim | [were] leading | H5090 → | |
| בָּעֲגָלָֽה׃ | baagalah | <in> the cart | H5699 → |
וַיַּרְכִּ֜יבוּand they made to ride
vaiyarkivuH7392 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲר֤וֹן[the] ark of
ʾaronH727 →202 times
הָאֱלֹהִים֙<the> God
haelohimH430 →2601 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
עֲגָלָ֣הa cart
ʾagalahH5699 →
חֲדָשָׁ֔הnew
chadashahH2319 →
מִבֵּ֖יתfrom [the] house of
mibeitH1004 →2046 times
אֲבִינָדָ֑בAbinadab
ʾavinadavH41 →12 times
וְעֻזָּ֣אand Uzzah
veuza'H5798 →14 times
וְאַחְי֔וֹand Ahio
veachyoH283 →6 times
נֹהֲגִ֖ים[were] leading
nohagimH5090 →
בָּעֲגָלָֽה׃<in> the cart
baagalahH5699 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 15:13It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 6:3
They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 14:40
But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.
- 1 Corinthians 11:2
Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
- 1 John 1:8–10
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- 2 Samuel 6:3
Through
Numbers 4:15When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 6:6–7
When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.
- Numbers 7:9
But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.
- Deuteronomy 31:9
So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 6:6–7
Through
2 Samuel 6:3They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 6:7
Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.
- 1 Samuel 6:7
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.