the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
instruments made of fir wood. The Septuagint reads "with all boldness and with songs". See 2 Samuel 6:14 and 1 Chronicles 13:8. According to Hebrew text "fir woods", put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Material) for instruments made from it. App-6.
timbrels. drums. See note on Exodus 15:20.
cymbals. timbrels, or tambourines. Hebrew. zilzilim. See note on 1 Chronicles 13:8.
Verse 2 Samuel 6:5. _ON ALL MANNER OF_ INSTRUMENTS MADE OF _FIR WOOD_] This place should be corrected from the parallel place, 1 Chronicles 13:8: "All Israel played before God, with all their might,...
PLAYED - i. e. danced to music vocal and instrumental (see Judges 16:25 note). CORNETS - Rather, from the etymology of the Hebrew word (to shake), and their being coupled with the cymbals, and being...
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 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...
_played_ The word denotes a dance accompanied by music, such as frequently formed part of a religious festival. Cp. 1 Samuel 18:7. _on all manner of_instruments made of _fir wood_ The expression is a...
ON ALL MANNER OF INSTRUMENTS MADE OF FIR-WOOD— In the Hebrew, _on all fir-wood._ In the parallel place, 1 Chronicles 13:8 it is, _with all their might, and with singing,_ which is in all respects the...
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 DAVID AND ALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL PLAYED BEFORE THE LORD ON ALL MANNER OF INSTRUMENTS MADE OF FIR WOOD, EVEN ON HARPS, AND ON PSALTERIES, AND ON TIMBRELS, AND ON CORNETS, AND ON CYMBALS._ David...
6:5 wood, (d-20) Others, 'with all their might and with singing.' see 1 Chronicles 13:8 ....
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)....
ON ALL MANNER OF _instruments made of_ FIR WOOD] Read with Chronicles 'with all their might, even with songs.'...
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....
PLAYED. — This word means dancing accompanied by music. (See 1 Samuel 18:7; 1 Samuel 21:11; 1 Chronicles 13:8; 1 Chronicles 15
וְ דָוִ֣ד ׀ וְ כָל ־בֵּ֣ית יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מְשַֽׂ
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....
And David and all the house of Israel (c) played before the LORD on all manner of [instruments made of] fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. (c...
_Wood. Hebrew specifies "fir wood," of which the instruments were, perhaps, usually made._...
(5) And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. Some...
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 DAVID AND ALL THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL PLAYED BEFORE THE LORD,.... That is, before the ark, which was a symbol of the presence of the Lord: ON ALL MANNER OF [INSTRUMENTS MADE OF] FIR WOOD: which is a...
And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of [instruments made of] fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. Ver. 5...
_Accompanying the ark of God_ That is, when it was brought out of the house of Abinadab, the people flocked together to attend it. It seems as if Eleazar, who had been sanctified to take care of the a...
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 David and all the house of Israel, the entire assembled multitude, PLAYED BEFORE THE LORD, IN HIS HONOR, ON ALL MANNER OF INSTRUMENTS MADE OF FIR-WOOD, with all their might, and with songs, 1 Chro...
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...
1-5 God is present with the souls of his people, when they want the outward tokens of his presence; but now David is settled in the throne, the honour of the ark begins to revive. Let us learn hence,...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Samuel 6:5 David H1732 house H1004 Israel H3478 played H7832 (H8764) before H6440 LORD H3068 fir H1265 wood...
‘ And David and all the house of Israel played before YHWH with all manner of instruments made of fir-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with tambourines, and with castanets, and with cymb...
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...
_David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord._ JOY IN RELIGION The orchestra was probably as rustic and rude as the procession. “Instruments made of fir-wood” sounds strange, and probabl...
_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 6:5 BEFORE THE LORD, as in Exodus 28:29, means that the Lord himself was present above the ark (see note on...
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 13:8; 1 Chronicles 15:10; 1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Samuel 16:16;...
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...
Played before the Lord — Public joy should always be as before the Lord, with an eye to him, and terminating in him. Otherwise it is no better than public madness, and the source of all manner of wick...