And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem.
Ver. 1. And David assembled.] Here the holy penman returneth to the history, which he began to set forth. 1Ch 23:1-2 And verily this speech of David's should be the more set by, because it was one of his last - inter Davidis novissima - wherein he ordereth what he would have done after his death; and taketh care of posterity. Me mortuo terra igne misceatur, a was a wild speech of a most wicked emperor. I could not but heartily affect the man, said Theodosius concerning Ambrose, because I saw him solicitous of the Church's welfare after his decease, no less than he was wont to be while alive.
And of his sons.] Or, And his sons; these were a part of the assembly.
a εμου θανοντος γαια μιχθετω πυρι .