Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Samuel 6:16
As one of a base and mean spirit, that knew not how to carry himself with that majesty which became his place, but behaved himself like one of the fools or vain persons in Israel.
As one of a base and mean spirit, that knew not how to carry himself with that majesty which became his place, but behaved himself like one of the fools or vain persons in Israel.
Verse 2 Samuel 6:16. _SHE DESPISED HIM IN HER HEART._] She did not blame him outwardly; she thought he had disgraced himself, but she kept her mind to herself....
SHE DESPISED HIM IN HER HEART - In the days of Saul the ark had been neglected 1 Chronicles 13:3, and Saul had in everything shown himself to be an irreligious king. Michal seems to have been of a lik...
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...
LEAPING AND DANCING. See note on 2 Samuel 6:14....
Removal of the Ark from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem 12. _So David went_ Some Latin and a few Greek MSS. soften the abruptness of the text by inserting before this sentence the words, "And Dav...
_leaping and dancing_ Two peculiar words, the first found here only, the second only here and in 2 Samuel 6:14, are used to denote the special modes of dancing anciently employed in religious solemnit...
_The Ark Brought to Jerusalem._ 2 Samuel 6:12-19 12 And it was told king David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that _pertaineth_ unto him, because of the ark of God. So...
_AND AS THE ARK OF THE LORD CAME INTO THE CITY OF DAVID, MICHAL SAUL'S DAUGHTER LOOKED THROUGH A WINDOW, AND SAW KING DAVID LEAPING AND DANCING BEFORE THE LORD; AND SHE DESPISED HIM IN HER HEART._ Mi...
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....
SHE DESPISED HIM. — The contrast is here strongly brought out between the spirit of Saul’s house in which Michal had been brought up, and that of David. In Saul’s time the ark had been neglected, and...
וְ הָיָה֙ אֲרֹ֣ון יְהוָ֔ה בָּ֖א עִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד
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 as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she (h) despised him in her heart....
_Leaping. Septuagint, "beating" musical instruments....she counted him as nothing, &c. (Haydock) --- She rather partook of her father's disposition and pride. (Menochius)_...
(16) And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart....
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 AS THE ARK OF THE LORD CAME INTO THE CITY OF DAVID,.... Being brought thither on the shoulders of the Levites: MICHAL, SAUL'S DAUGHTER, LOOKED THROUGH A WINDOW; in the king's palace, to see the p...
And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. Ver....
_She despised him in her heart_ Imagining that he debased himself by stripping himself of the ornaments of majesty, and dancing among the common people. She had no knowledge nor conception, it appears...
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 SECOND ATTEMPT SUCCESSFUL...
And as the ark of the Lord came in to the City of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, showing the characteristics of her father rather than those of her husband, LOOKED THROUGH A WINDOW, for she had proba...
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...
12-19 It became evident, that happy was the man who had the ark near him. Christ is indeed a Stone of stumbling, and a Rock of offence, to those that are disobedient; but to those that believe, he is...
2 Samuel 6:16 ark H727 LORD H3068 came H935 (H8802) City H5892 David H1732 Michal H4324 Sauls H7586 daughter...
‘ And it was so, as the ark of YHWH came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before YHWH, and she despised him in...
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...
_Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window._ THE BELIEVER AND THE SCOFFER CONTRASTED I. The temper and conduct of a scoffer at religion. Michal scorned David in her heart, because, being a kin...
_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 6:16 MICHAL... DESPISED HIM IN HER HEART. Michal is identified not as David’s wife but as the DAUGHTER OF SAUL. She shares Saul’s lack of spiritual understanding. She should...
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 2:14; 2 Samuel 3:14; Acts 2:13;...
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...
Despised — As one of a base and mean spirit, that knew not how to carry himself with that majesty which became his place....