2 Samuel 6
6
The Ark Brought to Jerusalem
1 # For ver. 1-11, see 1 Chr. 13:6-14 David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from #Josh. 15:9, 60 Baale-judah #2 Chr. 1:4 to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts #Ex. 25:22; 1 Sam. 4:4; Ps. 80:1who sits enthroned on the cherubim. 3And they carried the ark of God #[1 Sam. 6:7] on a new cart and brought it #[1 Sam. 7:1]out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio,#6:3 Or and his brother; also verse 4 the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart, 4with the ark of God,#6:4 Compare Septuagint; Hebrew the new cart, 4 and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill, with the ark of God and Ahio went before the ark.
Uzzah and the Ark
5And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, with #[1 Chr. 13:8]; See Ps. 150:3-5songs#6:5 Septuagint, 1 Chronicles 13:8; Hebrew fir trees and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals. 6And when they came to the threshing floor of #[1 Chr. 13:9] Nacon, Uzzah #[Num. 4:15; 1 Chr. 15:2]put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. 7And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and #[1 Sam. 6:19]God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God. 8And David was angry because the Lord had broken out against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzzah#6:8 Perez-uzzah means the breaking out against Uzzah to this day. 9And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come to me?” 10So David was not willing to take the ark of the Lord into the city of David. But David took it aside #[1 Chr. 15:25]to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 11And the ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months, #1 Chr. 26:5and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and all his household.
12And it was told King David, “The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” #For ver. 12-19, see 1 Chr. 15:25–16:3 So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom #[1 Kgs. 8:1]to the city of David with rejoicing. 13And when #[Num. 4:15; 7:9; Josh. 3:3; 1 Chr. 15:2, 15] those who bore the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, #[1 Kgs. 8:5]he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal. 14And David #[Ex. 15:20; Ps. 30:11; 150:4] danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was #1 Sam. 2:18wearing a linen ephod. 15So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the horn.
David and Michal
16As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart. 17And they brought in the ark of the Lord and set it #[1 Chr. 15:1; 2 Chr. 1:4; Ps. 132:8] in its place, inside the tent that David had pitched for it. #[1 Kgs. 8:5, 62, 63]And David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. 18And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, #[1 Kgs. 8:14, 55]he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts 19and distributed among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, a cake of bread, a portion of meat,#6:19 Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew term is uncertain and a cake of raisins to each one. #1 Chr. 16:43Then all the people departed, each to his house.
20And David returned to bless his household. But Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, “How the king of Israel honored himself today, #ver. 14, 16; [1 Sam. 19:24] uncovering himself today before the eyes of his servants’ female servants, as one of the #Judg. 9:4vulgar fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!” 21And David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, #1 Sam. 13:14; 15:28who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me as prince#6:21 Or leader over Israel, the people of the Lord—and I will celebrate before the Lord. 22I will make myself yet more contemptible than this, and I will be abased in your#6:22 Septuagint; Hebrew my eyes. But by the female servants of whom you have spoken, by them I shall be held in honor.” 23And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.
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2 Samuel 6
6
David Brings the Sacred Chest Back to Jerusalem
(1 Chronicles 13.1-14; 15.1—16.3,43)
1David brought together 30,000 of Israel's best soldiers and 2#Ex 25.22. led them to Baalah in Judah, which was also called Kiriath-Jearim. They were going there#6.2 to Baalah … there: The Dead Sea Scrolls and 1 Chronicles 13.6; the Standard Hebrew Text “from Baalah in Judah. They had gone there.” to get the sacred chest and bring it back to Jerusalem. The throne of the Lord All-Powerful is above the winged creatures#6.2 winged creatures: Two golden statues of winged creatures were on top of the sacred chest and were symbols of the Lord's throne on earth (see Exodus 25.18). on top of this chest, and he is worshiped there.#6.2 he is worshiped there: Or “the chest belongs to him.”
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1 S 7.1,2. They put the sacred chest on a new ox cart and started bringing it down the hill from Abinadab's house. Abinadab's sons Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the ox cart, 4with Ahio#6.3,4 Ahio … Ahio: Or “his brother … his brother.” walking in front of it. 5Some of the people of Israel were playing music on small harps and other stringed instruments, and on tambourines, castanets, and cymbals. David and the others were happy, and they danced for the Lord with all their might.
6But when they came to Nacon's threshing-floor, the oxen stumbled, so Uzzah reached out and took hold of the sacred chest. 7The Lord God was very angry with Uzzah for doing this, and he killed Uzzah right there beside the chest.
8David got angry with God for killing Uzzah. He named that place “Bursting Out Against Uzzah,”#6.8 Bursting … Uzzah: Or “Perez-Uzzah.” and that's what it's still called.
9David was afraid of the Lord and thought, “Should I really take the sacred chest to my city?” 10He decided not to take it there. Instead, he turned off the road and took it to the home of Obed Edom, who was from Gath.#6.10 Gath: Or perhaps, “Gittaim.”
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1 Ch 26.4,5. The chest stayed there for three months, and the Lord greatly blessed Obed Edom, his family, and everything he owned. Then someone told King David, “The Lord has done this because the sacred chest is in Obed Edom's house.”
At once, David went to Obed Edom's house to get the chest and bring it to David's City. Everyone was celebrating. 13The people carrying the chest walked six steps, then David sacrificed an ox and a choice cow. 14He was dancing for the Lord with all his might, but he wore only a linen cloth.#6.14 only a linen cloth: The Hebrew word is “ephod,” which can mean either a piece of clothing like a skirt that went from the waist to the knee or a garment like a vest or a jacket that only the priests wore. 15He and everyone else were celebrating by shouting and blowing horns while the chest was being carried along.
16Saul's daughter Michal looked out her window and watched the chest being brought into David's City. But when she saw David jumping and dancing for the Lord, she was disgusted.
17They put the chest inside a tent that David had set up for it. David worshiped the Lord by sacrificing animals and burning them on an altar,#6.17 sacrificing … altar: The Hebrew mentions two kinds of sacrifices. In one kind of sacrifice, the whole animal was burned on the altar. In the other kind, only part was burned, and the worshipers ate the rest, as in verse 19 (see Leviticus 1.2-17; 3.1-17). 18then he blessed the people in the name of the Lord All-Powerful. 19#1 Ch 16.43. He gave all the men and women in the crowd a small loaf of bread, some meat, and a handful of raisins, then everyone went home.
Michal Talks to David
20David went home so he could ask the Lord to bless his family. But Saul's daughter Michal went out and started yelling at him. “You were really great today!” she said. “You acted like a dirty old man, dancing around half-naked in front of your servants' slave-girls.”
21David told her, “The Lord didn't choose your father or anyone else in your family to be the leader of his people. The Lord chose me, and I was celebrating in honor of him. 22I'll show you just how great I can be! I'll even be disgusting to myself. But those slave-girls you talked about will still honor me!”
23Michal never had any children.
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