Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
2 Samuel 6:18
He blessed the people - So did Solomon 1 Kings 8:14.
He blessed the people - So did Solomon 1 Kings 8:14.
Verse 2 Samuel 6:18. _HE BLESSED THE PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF THE LORD_] David acted here as priest, for it was the general prerogative of the priests to bless the people, but it appears, by both David a...
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...
Removal of the Ark from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem 12. _So David went_ Some Latin and a few Greek MSS. soften the abruptness of the text by inserting before this sentence the words, "And Dav...
_burnt offerings and peace offerings_ The "burnt offerings" were dedicatory, the "peace offerings" eucharistic. The latter furnished the festival meal for the assembled people (Leviticus 7:15). Compar...
_The Ark Brought to Jerusalem._ 2 Samuel 6:12-19 12 And it was told king David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that _pertaineth_ unto him, because of the ark of God. So...
_AND AS SOON AS DAVID HAD MADE AN END OF OFFERING BURNT OFFERINGS AND PEACE OFFERINGS, HE BLESSED THE PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OF HOSTS._ He blessed the people - in the name of God, as Moses, J...
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....
PEACE OFFERINGS. — While the “burnt offerings” were dedicatory, the peace offerings were eucharistic, and were also intended here, as in 1 Kings 8:62, to supply the wants of the people by a religious...
וַ יְכַ֣ל דָּוִ֔ד מֵ הַעֲלֹ֥ות הָ עֹולָ֖ה
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....
_Blessed. Wishing all sorts of happiness. Only priests and kings perform this function publicly, 3 Kings viii. 55. Afterwards David went to his palace, to impart the same blessing to his family, and p...
(16) And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart....
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 AS SOON AS DAVID HAD MADE AN END OF OFFERING BURNT OFFERINGS AND PEACE OFFERINGS,.... Or these were performed according to his order: HE BLESSED THE PEOPLE IN THE NAME OF THE LORD OF HOSTS; not a...
And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts. Ver. 18. _He blessed the people._] And feasted them besid...
_He blessed the people_ That is, he heartily and solemnly prayed to God for his blessing upon them; which he did both as a prophet and as their king, to whom by office it belonged by all means to seek...
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 as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts, not with the blessing of Aaron, which pertained to the pri...
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...
12-19 It became evident, that happy was the man who had the ark near him. Christ is indeed a Stone of stumbling, and a Rock of offence, to those that are disobedient; but to those that believe, he is...
HE BLESSED THE PEOPLE, i.e. he heartily and solemnly prayed to God for his blessing upon them; which he did both as prophet and as their king, to whom by office it belongs, by all means, to seek his p...
2 Samuel 6:18 David H1732 finished H3615 (H8762) offering H5927 (H8687) offerings H5930 offerings H8002 blessed H1288
‘ And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of YHWH of hosts.' Following the offering of the burnt offerings and peace-of...
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 6:16 MICHAL... DESPISED HIM IN HER HEART. Michal is identified not as David’s wife but as the DAUGHTER OF SAUL. She shares Saul’s lack of spiritual understanding. She should...
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 Chronicles 16:2; 1 Kings 8:55; 2 Chronicles 30:18; 2 Chronicles 30:19;...
THE ARK IN THE HOME OF OBED-EDOM 2 Samuel 6:1 _(Compare 1 Chronicles 13:1_) INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have some very solemn lessons to consider. 1: THE SACREDNESS OF HOLY THINGS. For several Chapter s...
He blessed — That is, he heartily and solemnly prayed to God for his blessing upon them: which he did both as a prophet, and as their king, to whom by office it belongs, by all means, to seek his peop...