Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
2 Samuel 6:3
Out of the house of Abinadab] It had been there ever since its removal from Bethshemesh (1 Samuel 7:1). In Gibeah] RV 'in the hill.' Kirjath-jearim was situated on high ground.
Out of the house of Abinadab] It had been there ever since its removal from Bethshemesh (1 Samuel 7:1). In Gibeah] RV 'in the hill.' Kirjath-jearim was situated on high ground.
Verse 2 Samuel 6:3. _A NEW CART_] Every thing used in the worship of God was hallowed or _set apart_ for that purpose: a new cart was used through respect, as that had never been applied to any profan...
THE HOUSE OF ABINADAB IN GIBEAH - . Rather, on the hill (as in margin and 1 Samuel 7:1). It does not at all follow that Abinadab was still alive, nor can we conclude from Uzzah and Ahio being called s...
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...
A NEW CART. This was contrary to the Divinely prescribed law (Numbers 4:15; Numbers 7:9; Numbers 10:21.Deuteronomy 10:8;...
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...
_set the ark_ Lit. _made the ark to ride_. _upon a new cart_ Not desecrated by common uses. Cp. 1 Samuel 6:7. This was however a breach of the Levitical law, which prescribed that the Ark should be bo...
The text of these verses is corrupt. Some words have been accidentally repeated by a scribe in copying the Hebrew, and should be struck out, on the authority of the LXX., and the end of 2 Samuel 6:3 a...
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 THEY SET THE ARK OF GOD UPON A NEW CART, AND BROUGHT IT OUT OF THE HOUSE OF ABINADAB THAT WAS IN GIBEAH: AND UZZAH AND AHIO, THE SONS OF ABINADAB, DRAVE THE NEW CART._ They set the ark of God up...
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....
UPON A NEW CART. — The _new_ cart, one which had been used for no other purpose, was doubtless intended as a mark of respect (comp. 1 Samuel 6:7); yet it was a violation of the law (Numbers 7:9), requ...
וַ יַּרְכִּ֜בוּ אֶת ־אֲרֹ֤ון הָֽ אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶ
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 they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that [was] in (b) Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart. (b) which was a high p...
Cart, out of respect, as the Philistines had done, 1 Kings vi. 7. But God had ordered the Levites to carry it themselves, and the neglect here proved so dreadful; for which reason, David required the...
(3) And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart. (4) And they brought it o...
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 THEY SET THE ARK OF GOD UPON A NEW CART,.... Which was a great mistake, since it ought not to have been put upon a cart, old or new; it was to be borne upon men's shoulders, and carried by Levites...
And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that [was] in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart. Ver. 3. _And they set the...
_And they set the ark of God upon a new cart_ Which ought to have been carried upon the shoulders of the Kohathites, Numbers 7:9; for which reason, no wagons, were allowed to them, as there were to th...
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 FIRST ATTEMPT ENDS SADLY...
And they set the ark of God, literally, "let it ride," UPON A NEW CART, AND BROUGHT IT OUT OF THE HOUSE OF ABINADAB THAT WAS IN GIBEAH, on the hill; AND UZZAH AND AHIO, THE SONS OF ABINADAB, here prob...
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...
SET: _ Heb._ made to ride GIBEAH: Or, the hill...
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,...
THEY SET THE ARK UPON A NEW CART; being taught and encouraged to do so by the example of the Philistines, who did so without any token of God's displeasure upon them for so doing. But they did not suf...
2 Samuel 6:3 set H7392 (H8686) ark H727 God H430 new H2319 cart H5699 brought H5375 (H8799) house...
DAVID SEEKS TO BRING THE ARK OF GOD INTO JERUSALEM AND IS EVENTUALLY SUCCESSFUL BUT IS AT FIRST THWARTED BY THE PREMATURE DEATH OF UZZAH, WHICH EMPHASISES THE TRUE HOLINESS OF THE LIVING GOD (2 SAMUEL...
NEW CART The story of David's new cart and its results is a striking illustration of the spiritual truth that blessing does not follow even the best intentions in the service of God except as that se...
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 they set the Ark of God upon a now cart._ NOVELTIES IN RELIGION AND THEIR END The ark is taken from its resting place amid the reverent joy of the assembly, and placed upon a vehicle specially...
_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 6:3 THEY CARRIED THE ARK on a NEW CART. Presumably this refers to a ritually clean cart. But God had commanded that the ark be carried by Levites, using poles placed through...
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 6:7; Numbers 4:5; Numbers 7:9...
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...
They set, &c. — Being taught, and encouraged to do so, by the example of the Philistines, who did so without any token of God's displeasure upon them for so doing. But they did not sufficiently consid...