Surely, &c.] Heb. If I shall come. The form of an oath: Let me perish if I do it, psal. 95. 11. and 131. 2.
I will not come] Because the chief charge of the king was to set forth Gods glory, he sheweth, that he could not rest, nor take comfort in his house, till he had brought the ark to a setled place.
into the tabernacle] Kings houses are but tabernacles, no abiding places, Hebrews 13:14.
of my house] He means, of his new house, 2 Samuel 5:9. 1 Chronicles 15:1. He would neither dwell nor sleep in it, till the ark were in his resting-place: that is, he would never do so quietly, till that were done.