1 Chronicles 13:5; 1 Chronicles 13:6; 1 Samuel 17:12; 1 Samuel 7:1; Micah 5:2; Ruth 1:2
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah - Most probably this is the language of the contemporaries of David; or this is what they might be supposed to say...
Lo, we heard of it at (d) Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. (d) The common instinct was that the ark should remain in Ephratah, that...
CXXXII. David's Zeal and its Reward. Psalms 132:1-5 . David's oath to find a worthy abode for the Ark in which Yahweh dwelt. Psalms 132:1 b...
heard: i.e. while he was at Ephratah. David"s father was an Ephrathite (of Bethlehem-Ephratah. Compare Genesis 35:19 . David had "heard" of it as...
6. Lo! we heard of it at Ephratha. This verse is obscure, and we need not wonder at the difficulty which interpreters have felt in ascertain...
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. Lo, we have heard of it at Ephratah - This may be considered as a continuation...
We found, &c.— We find it in the territory, or fields of Fear. —Ver. 7. Let us came into his abodes, let us prostrate ourselves at his foot...
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah - David's words after he had so far att...
This is the most difficult of the Pilgrim Songs. According to accepted literary criticism it must be a post-exilic Ps. The Temple worship has been re...
We heard of it at ] i.e. the people heard the ark was at Ephratah, perhaps the district round Kirjath-jearim, where the ark stayed till a place was...
Lo, we heard. — This verse has been pronounced inexplicable, and yet the general intention is clear. The vow in which David declared his purpose ha...
Psalms 132:1-18 THE continuance of "the sure mercies of David" to his descendants for his sake is first besought from God, and is then promised, f...
the Lord's Blessing upon Zion Psalms 132:1-18 This psalm evidently dates from the dedication of Solomon's temple. In the glory of completion Go...
The pilgrims stand at the very entrance of the Holy City, and their song is one of strong desire, and equally strong confidence. In the first part t...
If David king of Israel thus vowed, and thus engaged to Jehovah; surely it requires but little acquaintance with the scripture (when once the Holy Gh...
THE SACRED ARK ‘Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.’ Psalms 132:6 In the days to which the Psalmist’s wor...
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah ,.... Either of the ark which David and others had heard of, that it formerly was at Shiloh, Joshua 18:1 ; here cal...
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. Ver. 6. Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah ] At Bethlehem Ephratah, David's bir...
Lo, we have heard of it The ark, or of the place or habitation for the Lord last mentioned; at Ephratah That is, at Shiloh, in the tribe of Ephra...
Solomon's Prayer for Divine Favour. A song of degrees. 1 L ORD , r...
We heard of it; of the place or habitation for the Lord last mentioned. At Ephratah; either, 1. In Bethlehem, which is called Ephratah, Genes...
INTRODUCTION The author of this Psalm and the occasion upon which it was composed are both unknown. The opinion of M. Henry, Perowne, and others, is...
Psalms 132 This Psalm is plainly a hymn for the consecration of the Temple. We may call it the song of the builders. In its first portion, extendi...
This Psalm is a prayer and pleading of the covenant, such a prayer as might have been offered by Solomon at the opening of the Temple, or by any of t...
A Song of Degrees. Psalms 132:1 . LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions. God had entered into an everlasting covenant with David, « orde...
This psalm is justly ascribed to David. It recites his vow to seek out a place of rest for the ark of the Lord; and the song of praise and prayer on...
Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions. The house of God This psalm was probably composed on the occasion of the installation of the ark...
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. Hearing, seeking, finding Long before David’s time, the ark of the Lord...
EXPOSITION This present "Song of Ascents" is well suited to be a "pilgrim-song"—sung by those who went up to Jerusalem to visit the temple, and...
Prayer for the House of God and the House of David. A song of degrees, showing that the mercies of God, so richly promised to David, 2 Samuel 7:1...
Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah, that is, at Bethlehem, where David had grown up; we found it in the fields of the wood, at Kirjath-jearim, for ther...
It — Of the ark. Ephratah — In the tribe of Ephraim, which was called also Ephratah. Found it — Afterwards we found it in Kirjath — jearim, which s...
6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.