Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 13:5

So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim.

5. from Shihor of Egypt ] R.V. from Shihor the brook of Egypt. Shihor (spelt elsewhere wrongly in A.V., Sihor) was the name of the brook (now wdy el Arish) which divided Palestine from Egypt (Jos 13:3; Jos 15:4; Jer 2:18).

the entering of Hemath ] R.V. the entering in of Hamath. Hamath (now Hama) is on the Orontes. The entering in of Hamath is to be identified with the Be‘a, a broad valley between Lebanon and Anti-Libanus watered by the Orontes ( Bdeker, pp. 305, 376). It is mentioned as on the northern frontier of Israel in Jos 13:5 and elsewhere.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Shihor – See the marginal reference and the 1Ki 8:65 note.

Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible

Verse 5. From Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath] “Therefore David gathered all Israel, from the Nile, Nilos, of Egypt, even to the entrance of Antioch.” – T.

Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible

All Israel, i.e. all the chosen men of Israel, as it is phrased, 2Sa 6:1, their elders and representatives.

Shihor of Egypt; of which see Num 34:5; Jos 13:3; Jer 2:18.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

5. from Shihor of Egypt(Jos 15:4; Jos 15:47;Num 34:5; 1Ki 8:65;2Ki 24:7; 2Ch 7:8);a small brook flowing into the Mediterranean, near the modernEl-arish, which forms the southern boundary of Palestine.

unto the entering ofHemaththe defile between the mountain ranges of Syria and theextreme limit of Palestine on the north.

Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So David gathered all Israel together,…. The principal of them, even 30,000 select men, 2Sa 6:1

from Shihor of Egypt; or the Nile of Egypt, as the Targum and other Jewish writers, called Shihor from the blackness of its water, see Jer 2:18 though some think the river Rhinocurura is meant, which both lay to the south of the land of Israel:

even unto the entering of Hamath; which the Targum interprets of Antiochia, which lay to the north of the land; so that this collection of the people was made from south to north, the extreme borders of the land:

to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim; where it then was, and had been a long time, see 1Sa 7:1, from hence to the end of the chapter the account is the same with 2Sa 6:1, see the notes there; what little variations there are, are there observed.

[See comments on 2Sa 6:1] [See comments on 2Sa 6:2] [See comments on 2Sa 6:3] [See comments on 2Sa 6:4] [See comments on 2Sa 6:5] [See comments on 2Sa 6:6] [See comments on 2Sa 6:7] [See comments on 2Sa 6:8] [See comments on 2Sa 6:9] [See comments on 2Sa 6:10] [See comments on 2Sa 6:11]

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(5) So David gathered all Israel. Assembled; a different word in 1Ch. 13:2.

Shihor of Egypt.The boundary between Egypt and Canaan is elsewhere called Nahal Micrayim (Authorsed Version, River of Egypt; Isa. 27:12; 2Ch. 7:8). It is the modern Wady el Arish. Jos. 13:3 also calls this winter torrent the Shihor (Blackwater); but, in Isa. 23:3, Shihor means the Nile.

The entering of Hemath.Hamath.This was the usual designation of the north boundary of Palestine, as the torrent of Egypt was that of the south (1Ki. 8:65). Hamath was the seat of an ancient kingdom, independent of, but friendly to David. The prophet Amos (eighth century B.C. ) calls it Hamath Rabbah, Great Hamath (Amo. 6:2). A revived interest attaches to Hamath in our day, owing to the discovery of five curious inscriptions at Hmah, written in a peculiar hieroglyphic character, which has been pronounced to be Hittite, but still awaits decipherment.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

1Ch 13:5. Shihor of Egypt The Nile, according to Dr. Shaw. The LXX render it, from the borders of Egypt. See Travels, p. 283.

Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke

Observe how far the people came, in order to be present at this solemnity. The river of Egypt was the remotest southern part, and Hemath the furthest north. Reader, it is no wonder that pious Israelites, who by faith viewed the ark as a type of the ever blessed Jesus, should come thus far. But, if the believing Israelites felt their minds constrained to take such extensive journeys to see the type, oh! how inexcusable will those be, who have the substance in the gospel, if they neglect so great salvation. Dearest Jesus! let it be my happiness to pursue thee in a preached gospel, anywhere and everywhere; so as I may but see the king in his beauty. Oh! how precious that ordinance where Jesus may be found.

Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

1Ch 13:5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.

Ver. 5. From Shihor of Egypt. ] Called elsewhere the torrent of Egypt, Num 34:5 which some take for a river running near to Rhinocolura; but others for Nile, that ancient river whose seven streams of old are now become four, as travellers tell us. The name Sichor hath a notion of blackness in it, from the blackness of the water, or rather of the mud and slime that it brings down with it; or the black colour of the grounds and soils it passeth through. a

a The Ethiopians called it Sius; the Greeks, M ; the Latins, Melo. – Richard.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)