1)

Why does it say "v'Chol ha'Am"?

1.

Malbim: It was not only the chosen elders, rather, everyone.

2)

What is "Ba'alei Yehudah"?

1.

Rashi: It is Kiryas Ye'arim, like it says in Yehoshua (15:9) "Ba'alah Hi Kiryas Ye'arim" and in Divrei ha'Yamim I, 13:6 "Ba'alasah El Kiryas Ye'arim." 'Ba'al' refers to a plain (refer to 5:20:1:1).

3)

Why does it say "mi'Ba'alei Yehudah"? It should say El Ba'alei Yehudah, for the Aron was there [and they went to bring it], and so it says in Divrei ha'Yamim I, 13:6 "Ba'alasah El Kiryas Ye'arim"!

1.

Rashi: They had gathered there to bring the Aron, and now they came from there. Radak - the verse is abbreviated; it omits that they had gathered there to bring it.

4)

Why does it say "Asher Nikra Shem Shem"?

1.

Rashi: The Aron was called a name. What is the name? The name of Hashem Tzevakos is on it.

QUESTIONS ON RASHI

5)

Rashi writes that the Aron was called on the name of Hashem Tzevakos [Yoshev ha'Keruvim] is on it. Why is this only here?

1.

Radak: Hashem's name was sanctified through it when it was in Sedei Pelishtim.

2.

Malbim: This hints to Uza's death for his sin in the continuation. Since the Keruvim are a Merkavah for Hashem, the ones who carry it must resemble the bearers of the Merkavah above, i.e. [angels] with [the form of] a human face, and not via an ox 1 and donkey. Also the people who carry it must be from Levi, which Hashem chose!


1

The bearers of the Merkavah above have four faces, with the forms of a person, lion, ox and eagle (Yechezkel 1:10)! Perhaps the human face is primary. Alternatively, each has a human form, unlike the oxen that David used to take the Aron. (PF)

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