Commentary Critical and Explanatory
2 Samuel 6:23
Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.
Therefore Michal ... had no child unto the day of her death - (see the notes at 2 Samuel 21:8.)
Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.
Therefore Michal ... had no child unto the day of her death - (see the notes at 2 Samuel 21:8.)
3. THE ARK BROUGHT TO ZION CHAPTER 6 _ 1. The ark fetched by David (2 Samuel 6:1)_ 2. Uzzah: his error and death (2 Samuel 6:6) 3. The ark in the house of Obed-edom (2 Samuel 6:10) 4. The ar
2 SAMUEL 6. DAVID BRINGS THE ARK TO JERUSALEM. MICHAL'S SCORN. HER PUNISHMENT (J). (_Cf._ p. 286.) Nothing has been heard of the Ark since 1 Samuel 7:2, before the accession of Saul. The introduction...
_Therefore Michal_ Simply, AND MICHAL. She was condemned to the reproach of childlessness, the sharpest privation to an Oriental woman. Cp. Genesis 30:1; 1 Samuel 1:5....
Michal's contemptuous pride rebuked by David 20. _And Michal_, &c. The account of David's meeting with Michal is omitted in 1 Chr. _How glorious_, &c. Better, HOW HONOURABLE DID THE KING OF ISRAEL M...
THEREFORE MICHAL, THE DAUGHTER OF SAUL, HAD NO CHILD, &C.— Either neglected from henceforth by David, or, as is more probable, immediately punished by God himself, Michal had no children from this tim...
_Michal Cursed._ 2 Samuel 6:20-23 20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncove...
THE BRINGING OF THE ARK FROM KIRJATH-JEARIM TO JERUSALEM 1. Again] This probably refers to the previous assembling of the chosen men of Israel to repel the Philistine invasion (2 Samuel 5:22)....
David thus inflicted on Michal the greatest disgrace which could befall an Eastern woman. This condemnation seems to our minds extreme; but such sudden impulses were characteristic of David....
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 6 DAVID BRINGS THE *ARK OF GOD TO JERUSALEM V1 David again gathered all the men that he chose from *Israel. There were 30 000 men....
HAD NO CHILD. — The severest privation to an Oriental woman. It is quite possible that during Michal’s long separation from David, while he was an outlaw, and she was married to Phaltiel (who was deep...
וּ לְ מִיכַל֙ בַּת ־שָׁא֔וּל לֹֽא ־הָ֥יָה
CHAPTER VIII. _ THE ARK BROUGHT UP TO JERUSALEM._ 2 Samuel 6:1. THE first care of David when settled on the throne had been to obtain possession of the stronghold of Zion, on which and on the city w...
THE ARK TABERNACLED IN THE CITY OF DAVID 2 Samuel 6:12 Josephus tells us that from the moment the Ark rested beneath Obed-edom's roof, a tide of golden prosperity set in, and he passed from poverty t...
Victorious in war, David was not unmindful of the central truth of the national life over which he was called to preside. The nation was indeed a theocracy, with the worship of God at its very center....
Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had (l) no child unto the day of her death. (l) Which was a punishment because she mocked the servant of God....
_Death. Thus was she punished. The five sons who are attributed to her (chap. xxi. 8.) were only adopted; or perhaps we ought to read Merob, in stead of Michol; (Calmet) as the latter had been connect...
REFLECTIONS READER! think how wretched and low must have been the state of Israel all the while they were without the Ark, the symbol of God's presence. No doubt many a pious Israelite sighed in secre...
(20) В¶ Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself today in the eye...
We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that, although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...
Although God has established a king in power, who is at the same time the victorious leader of His people, yet the bonds of the covenant are not yet restored. The ark is still in the place where indiv...
THEREFORE MICHAL THE DAUGHTER OF SAUL HAD NO CHILD UNTIL THE DAY OF HER DEATH. The children she brought up for Adriel were not her own, but adopted ones, or Adriel's by another woman, 2 Samuel 21:8; h...
Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death. Ver. 23. _Therefore Michal._] God hath still a barren womb for mocking Michal....
_Therefore_ Because of her proud and petulant speech and carriage to David, which God justly punished with barrenness. _Michal had no child_ After this time....
1 Dauid fetcheth the Arke from Kiriath-iearim on a new cart. 6 Vzzah is smitten at Perez-Vzzah. 9 God blesseth Obed-Edom for the Arke. 12 Dauid bringing the Arke into Zion with sacrifices, daunceth...
THE SECOND ATTEMPT SUCCESSFUL...
Therefore, because she had exhibited such unwarranted pride, MICHAL, THE DAUGHTER OF SAUL, HAD NO CHILD UNTO THE DAY OF HER DEATH, one of the severest punishments known in the Old Testament. Like Davi...
David's kingdom having been established, he is rightly concerned that God should have His true place as in highest authority over Israel. The ark was the symbol of the throne of God, yet had been in t...
20-23 David returned to bless his household, to pray with them, and for them, and to offer up family thanksgiving for this national mercy. It is angels' work to worship God, surely that cannot lower...
THEREFORE; not because of David's words to her, which have nothing in them to this purpose; but because of her proud, and petulant, and ungodly speech and carriage to David, which God justly punished...
2 Samuel 6:23 Michal H4324 daughter H1323 Saul H7586 children H2056 (H8675) H3206 day H3117 death H4194...
MICHAL EXPRESSES HER DISGUST AT DAVID'S BEHAVIOUR AND FORFEITS FOR EVER THE HOPES OF THE HOUSE OF SAUL (2 SAMUEL 6:20). On returning to his household full of elation at all that had happened, and at i...
CONTENTS: David seeks to bring the ark to Jerusalem. CHARACTERS: God, David, Michal, Uzzah, Obed-edom, Abinadab. CONCLUSION: God will have His work done in His own way and cannot bless us if we carr...
2 Samuel 6:2. _Baale of Judah._ It is called Baalah, Joshua 15:9. It was no doubt the place formerly called Kirjath-jearim. 2 Samuel 6:8. _David was displeased._ ויחר _vayickar, perturbatus fuit,_ as...
_And David arose and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah to bring up from thence the Ark of God._ THE ARK BROUGHT TO ZION In order to understand the full meaning of this t...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 6:1__ Jerusalem would not only be the political capital of a united Israel. It would be the religious center as well. ⇐...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 6:20 Michal’s sarcastic comment, “HOW THE KING OF ISRAEL HONORED HIMSELF TODAY,” suggests she felt he should have worn his royal robes. Michal’s remark about David UNCOVERING...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 6:1. “CHOSEN MEN.” Keil understands this assembly to have been composed of representatives of the ntire nation, but the use of the word _again_ seems to point...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 6:1 AND DAVID GATHERED TOGETHER. The long subjection to the Philistines was at an end, and David's first care is to bring the ark of Jehovah from Kirjath-jearim to Jerusalem. In t...
And again, David gathered together the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand of them. And David arose, and went and all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring from there the ark o...
1 Samuel 1:6; 1 Samuel 15:35; Hosea 9:11; Isaiah 22:14; Isaiah 4:1;...
Therefore — Because of her proud and petulant speech and carriage to David, which God justly punished with barrenness. No child — After this time....