1 Chronicles 21:29
in 1 Chronicles 21For 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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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.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 21
Commentary
4 notes on this verseBut 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
then he sacrificed there
on 1 Chronicles 21:28-30
Chronicles explains why David keeps sacrificing at Ornan's floor instead of Gibeon, where Moses' tabernacle and the bronze altar still stood: he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the Lord, and could not bring himself to travel to the old altar while that sword still hung in memory. Matthew Henry reads the choice as no rejection of Gibeon's continuing service, since the tabernacle stayed in use there, but a mark of where God had visibly answered by fire and where David chose to keep returning. The chapter ends holding two sanctioned places of sacrifice at once, the old altar at Gibeon and the new ground at Ornan's floor that the next chapter names as the house of the Lord God. Adam Clarke reads the fear itself as reasonable, a king unwilling to risk the delay that going to Gibeon would cost while judgment might still be near.
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), 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִשְׁכַּ֣ן | umishkan | and [the] tabernacle of | H4908 → | 139 times |
| יְ֠הוָה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֨ה | ʾasah | he had made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| מֹשֶׁ֧ה | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| בַמִּדְבָּ֛ר | vamidbar | in the wilderness | H4057 → | 270 times |
| וּמִזְבַּ֥ח | umizbach | and [the] altar of | H4196 → | 401 times |
| הָעוֹלָ֖ה | haolah | the burnt offering | H5930 → | 287 times |
| בָּעֵ֣ת | baet | at the time | H6256 → | 296 times |
| הַהִ֑יא | hahi' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| בַּבָּמָ֖ה | babamah | [were] in the high place | H1116 → | |
| בְּגִבְעֽוֹן׃ | begivon | at Gibeon | H1391 → | 38 times |
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 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 16:39And 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.
- 1 Kings 3:4
Through
2 Chronicles 1:3And 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.
- 1 Chronicles 16:39
Through
2 Chronicles 1:13So 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…
- 1 Kings 4:24–25
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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.