AGAIN - It should be, “and David again gathered,” etc., i. e. after the previous gathering, either for his election to the kingdom 2 Samuel 5:1 or for the Philistine war 2 Samuel 5:17, he assembled them again for the peaceful purpose of bringing up the ark to Mount Zion (see marginal reference). The... [ Continue Reading ]
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. the ark which is called after the Lord of Hosts and bears His Name (see Deuteronomy 28:10; 1 Kings... [ Continue Reading ]
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 sons of Abinadab, that they were literally his children. They may well have been sons of Eleazar and... [ Continue Reading ]
PLAYED - i. e. danced to music vocal and instrumental (see Judges 16:25 note). CORNETS - Rather, from the etymology of the Hebrew word (to shake), and their being coupled with the cymbals, and being rendered sistra in the Vulgate, some kind of instrument with bells or rings, which gave a sound by b... [ Continue Reading ]
SHOOK IT - The use of the Heb. word here is unusual. Some take the word as in 2 Kings 9:33, and render the passage: “The oxen were throwing, or had thrown it down,” very likely by turning aside to eat what grain there might be on the threshing-floor.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR HIS ERROR - The Hebrew is difficult, and some prefer the reading of the parallel passage, “because ... ask” 1 Chronicles 13:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
Obed-edom was a Levite of the family of Merari, being 1 Chronicles 15:18; 1 Chronicles 16:38 a son of Jeduthun, who was a Merarite. He was a porter, a player on the harp, and was one of the Levites especially designated to take part in the musical services on the occasion of bringing up the ark to Z... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH GLADNESS - Especially with joyful music and song (1 Chronicles 15:16, etc.).... [ Continue Reading ]
The meaning is, not that they sacrificed oxen and fatlings every six steps, which would have been impossible, but that when - after the arrangement made by David for the Levites to carry the ark 1 Chronicles 15:2, 1 Chronicles 15:12, 1 Chronicles 15:15 they had borne it successfully and with visible... [ Continue Reading ]
DANCED - The Hebrew word is found only here and in 2 Samuel 6:16. It means “to dance in a circle,” hence, simply to dance. The parallel passage in 1 Chronicles 15:27 gives a widely different sense.... [ Continue Reading ]
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 like spirit. The whole section, 2Sa. 6:16-36, should be compared with 1 Chronicles 15:29; 1 Chronicles... [ Continue Reading ]
HE BLESSED THE PEOPLE - So did Solomon 1 Kings 8:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
A GOOD PIECE OF FLESH - The word thus paraphrased is only found here and in marginal reference A piece of meat from the peace offerings is probably meant. From the fact that the chronicler explains the preceding cake by the more common word loaf, but leaves this obscure word unexplained, one might i... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN DAVID RETURNED ... - He had passed his house to accompany the ark to the tabernacle he had pitched for it, when Michal saw him dancing. He now returns to bless his household. He had blessed the people 2 Samuel 6:18, but there were the inmates of his own house whom the customs of the age did not... [ Continue Reading ]
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 rejection, and shows by Saul’s example how little pride contributes to the stability of greatness. Theref... [ Continue Reading ]