George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
2 Samuel 6:22
Eyes. Humility in a king is truly noble. --- Glorious. He accepts the compliment of Michol, though she had spoken ironically. (Haydock)
Eyes. Humility in a king is truly noble. --- Glorious. He accepts the compliment of Michol, though she had spoken ironically. (Haydock)
Verse 2 Samuel 6:22. _I WILL YET BE MORE VILE_] The plain meaning of these words appears to be this: "I am not ashamed of _humbling_ myself before that God who rejected thy father because of his _obs...
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...
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...
_And I will yet_, &c. AND I WILL MAKE MYSELF YET MORE CONTEMPTIBLE THAN THIS, AND WILL BE HUMBLE IN MINE OWN EYES. Michal had taunted David with degrading himself in the eyes of the meanest servants....
DISCOURSE: 313 DAVID DANCING BEFORE THE LORD 2 Samuel 6:22._ I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight._ A MEASURE of firmness is necessary in the whole of our intercourse...
I WILL YET BE MORE VILE—AND—BASE— The words נקלתי _nekalloti,_ and שׁפל _shapal,_ which, we render _vile_ and _base,_ by no means convey the ideas which those English words convey. The first is twice...
_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...
_AND DAVID SAID UNTO MICHAL, IT WAS BEFORE THE LORD, WHICH CHOSE ME BEFORE THY FATHER, AND BEFORE ALL HIS HOUSE, TO APPOINT ME RULER OVER THE PEOPLE OF THE LORD, OVER ISRAEL: THEREFORE WILL I PLAY BEF...
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, 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....
BASE IN MINE OWN SIGHT. — The LXX., not understanding this expression, has changed it to “in thine eyes.” But the meaning is, that while Michal had charged him with making himself base in the eyes of...
וּ נְקַלֹּ֤תִי עֹוד֙ מִ זֹּ֔את וְ הָיִ֥יתִי
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....
(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...
AND I WILL YET BE MORE VILE THAN THUS,.... If this is to be vile, I will endeavour to be viler still; if to dance before the ark, and sing the praises of God, be reckoned a lessening of me, I will mor...
And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. Ver. 22. _And I will yet be more vile._...
_It was before the Lord_ In his presence and service, which, though contemptible to thee, is and ever shall be honourable in my eyes. _Who chose me before thy father_ Who took away the honour from him...
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...
And I will yet be more vile than thus, ready to bear still greater contempt on the part of men, AND WILL BE BASE IN MINE OWN SIGHT; AND OF THE MAID-SERVANTS WHICH THOU HAST SPOKEN OF, OF THEM SHALL I...
THE SECOND ATTEMPT SUCCESSFUL...
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...
OF THE MAID SERVANTS: Or, of the handmaids of my servants...
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...
I WILL BE BASE IN MINE OWN SIGHT; I will always be ready to humble and abase myself before God. OF THEM SHALL I BE HAD IN HONOUR; I shall rather choose to get honour from the meanest of my people, in...
2 Samuel 6:22 undignified H7043 (H8738) this H2063 humble H8217 sight H5869 maidservants H519 spoken H559 (H8804) ho
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 Peter 4:14; 1 Peter 5:6; 1 Samuel 2:30; 1 Timothy 1:15; Acts 5:41;...
More vile than thus — The more we are vilified for well doing, the more resolute therein we should be, binding our religion the closer to us, for the endeavours of Satan's agents to shame us out of it...