2 Samuel 6:1

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

¶ Again, David gathered together all [the] chosen [men] of Israel, thirty thousand.

Complete Jewish Bible:

Again David summoned all the picked troops of Isra'el, 30,000 men.

Berean Standard Bible:

David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all.

American Standard Version:

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

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Again, David{H1732} gathered together{H622}{H3254} all the chosen{H977} men of Israel{H3478}, thirty{H7970} thousand{H505}.

Cross-References (KJV):

1 Chronicles 13:1

  • ¶ And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, [and] with every leader.

1 Chronicles 13:4

  • And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

1 Kings 8:1

  • ¶ Then 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 Chronicles 13:6

  • And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is], to Kirjathjearim, which [belonged] to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth [between] the cherubims, whose name is called [on it].

1 Chronicles 13:14

  • And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.

Psalms 132:1

  • ¶ A Song of degrees. LORD, remember David, [and] all his afflictions:

Psalms 132:6

  • Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

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Commentary for 2 Samuel 6:1

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H1732
    There are 911 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: דָּוִד
    Transliteration: Dâvid
    Pronunciation: daw-veed'
    Description: rarely (fully); דָּוִיד; from the same as דּוֹד; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse; David.
  2. Strong's Number: H622
    There are 281 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אָסַף
    Transliteration: ʼâçaph
    Pronunciation: aw-saf'
    Description: a primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.); assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly, withdraw.
  3. Strong's Number: H3254
    There are 207 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יָסַף
    Transliteration: yâçaph
    Pronunciation: yaw-saf'
    Description: a primitive root; to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing); add, [idiom] again, [idiom] any more, [idiom] cease, [idiom] come more, [phrase] conceive again, continue, exceed, [idiom] further, [idiom] gather together, get more, give more-over, [idiom] henceforth, increase (more and more), join, [idiom] longer (bring, do, make, much, put), [idiom] (the, much, yet) more (and more), proceed (further), prolong, put, be (strong-) er, [idiom] yet, yield.
  4. Strong's Number: H977
    There are 164 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בָּחַר
    Transliteration: bâchar
    Pronunciation: baw-khar'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select; acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
  5. Strong's Number: H3478
    There are 2229 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יִשְׂרָאֵל
    Transliteration: Yisrâʼêl
    Pronunciation: yis-raw-ale'
    Description: from שָׂרָה and אֵל; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity; Israel.
  6. Strong's Number: H7970
    There are 164 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שְׁלוֹשִׁים
    Transliteration: shᵉlôwshîym
    Pronunciation: shel-o-sheem'
    Description: or שְׁלֹשִׁים; multiple of שָׁלוֹשׁ; thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth; thirty, thirtieth. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.
  7. Strong's Number: H505
    There are 496 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֶלֶף
    Transliteration: ʼeleph
    Pronunciation: eh'-lef
    Description: prop, the same as אֶלֶף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.