one tribe] Judah, with Benjamin (Chap. 12. 21, 23.) for Benjamin bordered on Judah, Joshua 18:11. and in it was Jerusalem, Judg. 1. 21. So much also of Simeon as lay within Judah (Josh. 19. 1, 9.) was comprised under Judah, and the Levites likewise, for they were no distinct tribe: and because their chief service was in the temple, they left their cities in the other tribes, and came to Jerusalem, 2 Chron. 11. 13, 14. See chap. 12. 23. David my servants sake] Verse 32. for Jerusalems sake] To which I have made a promise, 2 Chronicles 6:6. See the Notes on v. 36.