II Samuel 6:1 Commentary: Rashi & Tze'enah Ure'enah

וַיֹּ֨סֶף ע֥וֹד דָּוִ֛ד אֶת־כָּל־בָּח֥וּר בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל שְׁלֹשִׁ֥ים אָֽלֶף׃

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

Rashi

Dovid again gathered. To gather.
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Rashi

All the chosen men of Yisroel, thirty thousand. Because they gathered for him when they crowned him in Chevron and [therefore] this was a second gathering [for Dovid] [Scripture] herefore says, "[Dovid] again gathered."
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Tze'enah Ure'enah

David again assembled all the picked men of Israel, thirty thousand” [6:1]. Many people of Israel assembled and they made David king in the city of Hebron. Now, when David wanted to move the Ark from the house of Avinadav to God’s house, he assembled thirty thousand young men.
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