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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
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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...
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_Therefore Michal_ Simply, AND MICHAL. She was condemned to the
reproach of childlessness, the sharpest privation to an Oriental
woman. Cp. Genesis 30:1; 1 Samuel 1:5....
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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...
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THEREFORE MICHAL, THE DAUGHTER OF SAUL, HAD NO CHILD, &C.— Either
neglected from henceforth by David, or, as is more probable,
immediately punished by God himself, Michal had no children from this
tim...
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_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...
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_THEREFORE MICHAL THE DAUGHTER OF SAUL HAD NO CHILD UNTO THE DAY OF
HER DEATH._
Therefore Michal ... had no child unto the day of her death - (see the
notes at 2 Samuel 21:8.)...
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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)....
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David thus inflicted on Michal the greatest disgrace which could
befall an Eastern woman. This condemnation seems to our minds extreme;
but such sudden impulses were characteristic of David....
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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....
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HAD NO CHILD. — The severest privation to an Oriental woman. It is
quite possible that during Michal’s long separation from David,
while he was an outlaw, and she was married to Phaltiel (who was
deep...
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וּ לְ מִיכַל֙ בַּת ־שָׁא֔וּל לֹֽא
־הָ֥יָה
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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...
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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...
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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....
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Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had (l) no child unto the day of
her death.
(l) Which was a punishment because she mocked the servant of God....
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_Death. Thus was she punished. The five sons who are attributed to her
(chap. xxi. 8.) were only adopted; or perhaps we ought to read Merob,
in stead of Michol; (Calmet) as the latter had been connect...
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(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...
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REFLECTIONS
READER! think how wretched and low must have been the state of Israel
all the while they were without the Ark, the symbol of God's presence.
No doubt many a pious Israelite sighed in secre...
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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...
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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...
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THEREFORE MICHAL THE DAUGHTER OF SAUL HAD NO CHILD UNTIL THE DAY OF
HER DEATH. The children she brought up for Adriel were not her own,
but adopted ones, or Adriel's by another woman, 2 Samuel 21:8;
h...
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Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her
death.
Ver. 23. _Therefore Michal._] God hath still a barren womb for mocking
Michal....
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_Therefore_ Because of her proud and petulant speech and carriage to
David, which God justly punished with barrenness. _Michal had no
child_ After this time....
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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...
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THE SECOND ATTEMPT SUCCESSFUL...
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Therefore, because she had exhibited such unwarranted pride, MICHAL,
THE DAUGHTER OF SAUL, HAD NO CHILD UNTO THE DAY OF HER DEATH, one of
the severest punishments known in the Old Testament. Like Davi...
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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...
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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...
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THEREFORE; not because of David's words to her, which have nothing in
them to this purpose; but because of her proud, and petulant, and
ungodly speech and carriage to David, which God justly punished...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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.
⇐...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Samuel 1:6; 1 Samuel 15:35; Hosea 9:11; Isaiah 22:14; Isaiah 4:1;...
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Therefore — Because of her proud and petulant speech and carriage to
David, which God justly punished with barrenness. No child — After
this time....