Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
2 Samuel 6:21
Verse 2 Samuel 6:21. It was before the Lord, which chose me] David felt the reproach, and was strongly irritated, and seems to have spoken to Michal with sufficient asperity.
Verse 2 Samuel 6:21. It was before the Lord, which chose me] David felt the reproach, and was strongly irritated, and seems to have spoken to Michal with sufficient asperity.
PLAY - See 2 Samuel 6:5 note. The speech might be paraphrased, Before the Lord which chose me, etc., yea, before the Lord have I danced. He humbles Michal’s pride by the allusion to her father’s rejec...
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...
IT WAS. Omit these words and supply _Ellipsis_ by adding, with Septuagint, "Before Jehovah [did. dance]"....
It was _before the_Lord] BEFORE THE LORD, WHO CHOSE ME RATHER THAN THY FATHER, &C. … YEA I WILL PLAY BEFORE THE LORD. "Before the Lord" stands emphatically at the beginning of David's answer. No servi...
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...
IT WAS BEFORE THE LORD— _I uncovered myself before the Lord._ Houb. Who renders the last clause of the verse, _therefore have I rejoiced before the Lord._ The Hebrew word, שׂחקתי _sichakti,_ according...
_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...
6:21 appoint (b-23) Lit. 'command.' ruler (c-25) Or 'prince,' as chs. 5.2 and 7.8....
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)....
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....
THEREFORE WILL I PLAY. — Rather, _have I danced._ (See 2 Samuel 6:5.) BEFORE THE LORD. — David first gives the true and sufficient reason of his conduct — what he had done was before the Lord, in hono...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִד֮ אֶל ־מִיכַל֒ לִ פְנֵ֣י
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....
And David said unto Michal, (k) [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 pla...
(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 DAVID SAID UNTO MICHAL, [IT WAS] BEFORE THE LORD,.... Before the ark of the Lord, what was done was done there; she upbraided him with his dancing and singing, which was designed for the honour an...
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 be...
_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 David said unto Michal, in a gentle, but very effective reproof of her pride, IT WAS BEFORE THE LORD, WHICH CHOSE ME BEFORE THY FATHER AND BEFORE ALL HIS HOUSE, the sons who might have been his su...
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...
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...
IT WAS BEFORE THE LORD; in his presence and service, which though contemptible to thee, is, and ever shall be, honourable in mine eyes. WHICH CHOSE ME BEFORE THY FATHER, AND BEFORE ALL HIS HOUSE; whic...
2 Samuel 6:21 David H1732 said H559 (H8799) Michal H4324 before H6440 LORD H3068 chose H977 (H8804) father...
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...
_David said unto Michal, It was before the Lord, which chose me before thy father._ DAVID DANCING BEFORE THE ARK BECAUSE OF HIS ELECTION I What effect had this doctrine, this experience, this inward...
_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 Chronicles 15:29; 1 Corinthians 10:31; 1 Samuel 13:14; 1 Samuel 15:28;...
Before the Lord — In his presence and service, which though contemptible to thee, is, and ever shall be honourable in mine eyes. Who chose — Who took away the honour from him and his, and transferred...