translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET study note

text: The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7 .


text: This festival in the seventh month was the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34 .


text: The seventh month would be September-October in modern reckoning.


text: These poles were used to carry the ark. The Levites were to carry it with the poles on their shoulders. See Exod 25:13-15 ; 1 Chr 15:15 .


text: Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (cf. Exod 3:1 ).