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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

2 Samuel 6:8

And David was displeased, becoming angry that his undertaking had resulted in such a misfortune, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah, by inflicting this stroke; and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah (the breach of Uzzah) to this day.

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See also 2 Samuel 6:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    DISPLEASED - Grief allied to anger seems to be intended. Compare 1 Samuel 15:11 note. On the name of the place, compare 2 Samuel 5:20....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MADE. BREACH. broke forth. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _was displeased_ The same word is used in 1 Samuel 15:11 (E. V. _it grieved Samuel_) to denote vexation akin to anger. _made a breach_ BROKE FORTH UPON UZZAH: the same verb as in ch. 2 Samuel 5:20: us...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND DAVID WAS DISPLEASED— Rather _was afflicted; was much distressed._ REFLECTIONS.—1. Every stroke upon others for their sin, should be a warning to us to repent of our own. 2. If the breach between...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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._...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND DAVID WAS DISPLEASED, BECAUSE THE LORD HAD MADE A BREACH UPON UZZAH: AND HE CALLED THE NAME OF THE PLACE PEREZUZZAH TO THIS DAY._ David was displeased - rather, grieved; for, whatever were his f...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    6:8 Perez-Uzzah (f-18) Meaning, 'breach of Uzzah.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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)....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WAS DISPLEASED. — More exactly, _was angry._ The cause of his vexation was the Divine judgment upon Uzzah; yet it does not follow that he was angry with God, but rather was simply vexed and disturbed...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּ֣חַר לְ דָוִ֔ד עַל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר פָּרַ֧ץ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (8) And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day. Is not this an awful account of David? Was he displeased with G...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND DAVID WAS DISPLEASED, BECAUSE THE LORD HAD MADE A BREACH UPON UZZAH,.... He could not easily submit, and be reconciled to the providence; his heart was ready to rise up against God, and murmur at...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day._ Ver. 8. _And David was displeased,_] _a_ He was in a pet, in a p...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _David was displeased_ Or rather, _grieved_, both for the sin, and for God's heavy judgment; whereby their hopes were dashed, and their joys interrupted. _Because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    MADE: _ Heb._ broken PEREZUZZAH: That is, the breach of Vzzah...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    DAVID WAS DISPLEASED, or, _grieved_, both for the sin, which he acknowledgeth, 1 CHRONICLES 15:2,13, and for God's heavy judgment; whereby their hopes were dashed, and their joys interrupted, and a go...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Samuel 6:8 David H1732 angry H2734 (H8799) LORDS H3068 outbreak H6555 (H8804) H6556 Uzzah H5798 called...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And David was deeply upset, because YHWH had broken forth on Uzzah, and he called that place Perets-uzzah, to this day.' Understandably David was ‘deeply upset' (or ‘smouldered') at what had happene...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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 ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 13:11; 1 Chronicles 13:12; Jonah 4:1; Jonah 4:9...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Displeased — Or, grieved, both for the sin, and for God's heavy judgment; whereby their hopes were dashed, and their joys interrupted. Perez — uzzah — That is, the breach of Uzzah....

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