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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Samuel 6:2

On which, &c. — That is, by, or before which, they were to present their prayers to God for counsel and succour upon all occasions. And this is mentioned here as the reason why David put himself and his people to so great trouble and charge, because it was to fetch up the choicest treasure which they had.

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

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Samuel 6:2. _FROM BAALE OF JUDAH_] This is supposed to be the same city which, in Joshua 15:60, is called _Kirjah-baal_ or _Kirjath-jearim_; (see 1 Chronicles 13:6;) or _Baalah_,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FROM BAALE OF JUDAH - See the margin and 1 Samuel 6:21 note. WHOSE NAME ... - The literal rendering is, “Upon which is called the Name, the Name of Yahweh of Hosts, who sits upon the cherubim,” i. e....

  • 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

    BAALE. The old Canaanite name of _Kirjath-jearim_. Compare 1 Samuel 6:21. 1Sa 7:2. 1 Chronicles 13:6. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim_. App-4. WHOSE NAME IS CALLED BY THE NAME. Some codices, with Aramaean and...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _from Baale of Judah Baale of Judah_is generally supposed to be another name for _Kirjath-jearim_, which is called _Baalah_in Joshua 15:9; 1 Chronicles 13:6, and Kirjath-Baal in Joshua 15:60. Here the...

  • 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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    FROM BAALE OF JUDAH— _Baale_ is the same city which in Judges 15:60 is called _Kirjath-baal,_ or Kirjath-jearim. See 1 Chronicles 13:6....

  • 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 AROSE, AND WENT WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH HIM FROM BAALE OF JUDAH, TO BRING UP FROM THENCE THE ARK OF GOD, WHOSE NAME IS CALLED BY THE NAME OF THE LORD OF HOSTS THAT DWELLETH BETWE...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    6:2 from (b-14) Or 'to.' between (c-39) Or 'upon.' see 1 Samuel 4:4 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    FROM BAALE OF JUDAH] should probably be 'to Baal of Judah' (1 Chronicles 13:6). The town was also known as Kirjath-baal (City of Baal)....

  • 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

    FROM BAALE OF JUDAH. — There is either a textual error here, so that instead _of from_ should be read _to,_ or else the historian is so occupied with his main subject that he omits the mention of the...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יָּ֣קָם ׀ וַ יֵּ֣לֶךְ דָּוִ֗ד וְ כָל

  • 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....

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And David arose, and went with all the people that [were] with him from (a) Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Juda. But why are not the other tribes mentioned? and whither did they go? We should probably translate, "from the city of Baalim, in Juda;" which is another name of Cariathiarim, as the Paralipomeno...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (1) В¶ Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. (2) And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence t...

  • 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 AROSE, AND WENT WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT [WERE] WITH HIM,.... The thirty thousand chosen men gathered together, and as many else as chose to go: FROM BAALE OF JUDAH, TO BRING UP FROM THENCE...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth [bet...

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

    _From Baale of Judah_ The same with Kirjath-jearim, 1 Chronicles 13:6, called Baalah, Joshua 15:9, and Kirjath-baal, Joshua 15:60; Joshua 18:14.

  • 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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And David arose and went with all the people that were with him, from Baale of Judah, to Kirjath-baal or Kirjath-jearim, TO BRING UP FROM THENCE THE ARK OF GOD, which had been in the house of Abinadab...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE FIRST ATTEMPT ENDS SADLY...

  • 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)

    WHOSE NAME IS CALLED BY THE NAME OF THE LORD OF HOSTS: Or, at which the Name, even the Name of the LORD of hosts was called upon...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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,...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WITH HIM; with the whole body of the people; for these seem to be a differing party from the thirty thousand now mentioned. See 1 CHRONICLES 13:1,2. FROM BAALE OF JUDAH....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Samuel 6:2 David H1732 arose H6965 (H8799) went H3212 (H8799) people H5971 Judah H1184 up H5927 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • 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 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 13:5; 1 Chronicles 13:6; 1 Kings 8:6; 1 Kings 8:7;...

  • 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...

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