For the oxen shook it There is perhaps no word about the signification of which commentators are more divided, than the word שׁמשׂו, shametu, here rendered shook it. Bochart and Waterland interpret it, The oxen stuck in the mire, or stumbled.
Verse 2 Samuel 6:6. _UZZAH PUT FORTH_ HIS HAND] In Numbers 4:15-4, the Levites are forbidden to touch the ark _on pain of death_, this penalty was inflicted upon Uzzah, and he was the first that suffe...
SHOOK IT - The use of the Heb. word here is unusual. Some take the word as in 2 Kings 9:33, and render the passage: “The oxen were throwing, or had thrown it down,” very likely by turning aside to eat...
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...
NACHON'S. Same as Chidon (1 Chronicles 13:9). HIS HAND. These words are contained in the Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate....
_Nachon's threshingfloor_ There is nothing to shew where this place was. It is called in 1 Chronicles 13:9, the threshingfloor of _Chidon_. It may have been known by both names, but more probably one...
Removal of the Ark from Kirjath-jearim. Uzzah smitten for his irreverence 1. _Again, David gathered together_ AND DAVID GATHERED TOGETHER AGAIN. "Again" refers either to the assembly convened for Davi...
DISCOURSE: 311 UZZAH’S PUNISHMENT FOR TOUCHING THE ARK 2 Samuel 6:6. And when they came to Nachon’s threshing-floor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook...
WHEN THEY CAME TO NACHON'S THRESHING-FLOOR— The word נכון _Nachon_ is used by way of anticipation, in allusion to the fate of Uzzah; for נחה _nakah,_ signifies _to smite,_ and נכון nachon, the _act_ o...
II. THE PROSPEROUS PERIOD OF DAVID'S REIGN, 2 Samuel 6:1 to 2 Samuel 9:13. 1. David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem, 2 Samuel 6:1-23. _Uzzah Smitten._...
_AND WHEN THEY CAME TO NACHON'S THRESHINGFLOOR, UZZAH PUT FORTH HIS HAND TO THE ARK OF GOD, AND TOOK HOLD OF IT; FOR THE OXEN SHOOK IT._ Came to Nachon's threshing-floor, Uzzah put forth his hand. Al...
6:6 stumbled. (e-24) or 'broken loose,' others, 'slipped.'...
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....
NACHON’S THRESHINGFLOOR. — This place is entirely unknown. 1 Chronicles 13:9 has “the threshingfloor of Chidon; “but it may be doubted whether the word is a proper name at all. The name, whatever it w...
וַ יָּבֹ֖אוּ עַד ־גֹּ֣רֶן נָכֹ֑ון וַ יִּשְׁלַ
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 RETURN OF THE ARK INTERRUPTED 2 Samuel 6:1 We have heard nothing of the Ark since it left the land of the Philistines, 1 Samuel 7:1. The spiritual life of the nation was low, else this holy symbo...
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....
_Nachon. 1 Paralipomenon Chidon. Hebrew may be rendered, "prepared;" (Chaldean) as they were almost arrived at the end (Calmet) of the procession. --- His hand, is wanting in Hebrew. (Kennicott) --- K...
(6) В¶ And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. (7) And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; a...
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 WHEN THEY CAME TO NACHON'S THRESHINGFLOOR,.... Who is called Chidon, 1 Chronicles 13:9; he seems to have had two names; or it was a place that had two names, as say the Jews h; according to a trad...
And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth [his hand] to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook [it]. Ver. 6. _Uzzah put forth his hand._] He was a good man, it i...
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 when they came to Nachon's threshing-floor, a permanent floor along the road leading to Jerusalem, probably covered with a roof, UZZAH PUT FORTH HIS HAND TO THE ARK OF GOD AND TOOK HOLD OF IT, FOR...
THE FIRST ATTEMPT ENDS SADLY...
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...
SHOOK: Or, stumbled...
6-11 Uzzah was struck dead for touching the ark. God saw presumption and irreverence in Uzzah's heart. Familiarity, even with that which is most awful, is apt to breed contempt. If it were so great a...
NACHON, otherwise called _Chidon_, 1 CHRONICLES 13:9. THE OXEN SHOOK IT; for they stumbled. 1 CHRONICLES 13:9....
2 Samuel 6:6 came H935 (H8799) Nachons H5225 floor H1637 Uzzah H5798 out H7971 (H8799) ark H727 God...
‘ And when they came to the threshing-floor of Nacon, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled.' But as they were coming to the threshing-floor of Nacon ...
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...
_Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God._ UZZAH; OR THE DANGER OF FAMILIARITY WITH SACRED THINGS: Some would have us believe that this was an accident; that Uzzah, in the effort to save the ark,...
_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 6:6 AND GOD STRUCK HIM DOWN (v. 2 Samuel 6:7). Touching the ark was a direct violation of God’s law ...
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 13:9; Numbers 4:15; Numbers 4:19; Numbers 4:20...
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...