In coming to Kirjath-Jearim, what they did is make a new cart, and they put the Ark of the Covenant on this new cart, and they got these oxen to pull the cart. Study Guide for 2 Samuel 6 by David Guzik - Blue Letter Bible The priests, and the scribes, and the various other officers are brought before us, each in his place. But Nathan was wrong in this; he had answered hastily. It is angels' work to worship God, surely that cannot lower the greatest of men. Saturday, March 18th, 2023 the Third Week of Lent There are 22 days til Easter! This is grace, and such is precisely therefore the picture of the stage at which Zion comes before us in Jewish history. The ark of God seemed in danger: why should not a Levite put out his hand to save it? The Lord had appointed who it was in Israel that should carry the ark, and how it must be done. And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and said, How shall the ark of Jehovah come to me? The tent David had pitched for the ark in Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6:17) was not the tabernacle of Moses (1 Chronicles 21:28-30; 2 Chronicles 1:3-6). It may also have been a further way of showing humility, since a linen ephod was a modest dress in comparison with Davids ordinary royal robes. Whatever invidious construction she was pleased to put upon it, he had the testimony of his conscience for him that he sincerely aimed at the glory of God, for whom he thought he could never do enough. [Note: Sidney Smith, "The Practice of Kingship in Early Semitic Kingdoms," in Myth, Ritual, and Kingship, pp. And David, instead of judging himself, instead of looking back and confessing how completely they had all acted without the guidance of Jehovah, was displeased because Jehovah had made a breach upon Uzzah. 296.] Gods blessing on the house of Obed-edom during the next three months made David realize that Gods anger was not because of the removal of the ark. The honor of Yahweh was more important to David than his own dignity. For such was His holy pleasure, that not David but David's son should build the house of Jehovah. They have done so because of where the writer placed this incident in the text. And what can David say more unto thee? It was followed, as sin usually is, by the worst efforts to cover all, and he who did the wrong with Bath-sheba tried ineffectually to conceal his sin by having home his faithful servant Uriah; and when this failed to gloss over his own wickedness, he devised the means by which Uriah should be brought to his grave. For in fact there is no occasion where we more need the sustaining of God than in His very worship. Were there any of them to whom he could show "the kindness of God"? ONLINE and FREE . After all this was Zion won, and not till then. Cake also connoted plenty, prosperity, and blessing. Nearness to God was greater in David's eyes at that moment than the throne that God had given him; and David rightly judged. He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. Nevertheless of that very mother of her who had been the wife of Uriah the Hittite did the grace of God raise up the heir to the throne of Israel, whom He made His firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth and type of Christ in peaceful glory, as David had been in suffering and warlike power the latter yet. Evil as Saul might be, and the path of faith assuredly far away from him, for all that the people that were most severed from Saul and most attached to the person of David were those that most felt for Saul and Jonathan when they fell. To have abused any man thus for his pious zeal would have been very profane, but to abuse her own husband thus, whom she ought to have reverenced, and one whose prudence and virtue were above the reach of malice itself to disparage, one who had shown such affection for her that he would not accept a crown unless he might have her restored to him (2 Samuel 3:13; 2 Samuel 3:13), was a most base and wicked thing, and showed her to have more of Saul's daughter in her than of David's wife or Jonathan's sister. At any rate we see him in a most unhappy light on this occasion; for the result was that, in the conflict that ensued, Joab gains the day by treachery and violence, accomplishing by murder the downfall of those whom he too was desirous to see put out of his ambitious way. The moment that it is named thus, how the heart recalls and turns over all the glorious things spoken of the mountain of grace, and remembers that Zion too was chosen by God for His holy hill that not only was David an object of divine choice, but withal Zion! And David and all the house of Israel played before Jehovah on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. When it was a question of opposing the enemy, he felt that he needed the guidance of God; but when the point was the establishment of Jehovah's ark in its due place in Israel, how could it be necessary to ask Jehovah about it? However, the law of God said that when they bore the ark, they were to put these staves through the rings, and it was to be borne by four priests. 6). 1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. At the same time some of the Gentiles come to bless the king with presents, and all those rarities that befit the character of the kingdom; in short power, glory, and blessing fill the scene. I do not know anything more striking in scripture, or a more remarkable characteristic of it than such a fact as this, slight as some may count it the quietness with which the Holy Ghost notices the completeness of the blow that was struck in the heart of the land at that which had been a constant challenge and triumph over all the efforts of Israel to that day. He doubted not but even this would turn to his reputation among those whose reproach Michal pretended to fear: Of the maid-servants shall I be had in honour. 6:20-23 David returned to bless his household, to pray with them, and for them, and to offer up family thanksgiving for this national mercy. Here was a man that was a rival, and this too without a cause and without a title. (During Sauls reign the ark had remained in a country house in Kiriath-jearim, also known as Baal-judah or Baalah; 1 Samuel 7:1-2; 1 Chronicles 13:5-6; 1 Chronicles 13:5-6.) "Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people over Israel: and I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. "Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? "I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour." Faith waits on God, instead of anticipating in self-confidence, or in the desires of our own heart, let them be ever so simple. (2 Samuel 10:1-19) This was completely misunderstood. The work of many men would have been required [cf. [Note: E.g., Merrill, Kingdom of . 2 Samuel 6 Commentary - John Gill's Exposition of the Bible Verse 16. The king's place in Israel for all that was of no less, but rather of the deepest, interest and importance, and for this simple reason: had he gone right, all would have been right for and with the people. He did not mean that Ish-bosheth was righteous in everything, more particularly in disputing the throne given by God to himself. But while his was a generous heart, there was that which, being of God, gave it its true direction, and sustained it in power spite of all circumstances. 2 Samuel 6:23 Commentaries: Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to I mean he was just having a hilarious time. Joab was a man as far as possible from the faith of David, and to suffer the prominence and allow the influence of such a chief was one of the fatal weaknesses of David's kingdom that is, of God's kingdom in the hands of man, not merely man's kingdom in the presence of God's anointed, but, as has been remarked, God's kingdom confided to man, and there failing. Zion, in short, becomes a new name of the deepest moment the sign of divine grace in royalty the grace that took up the people in their lowest condition, and by that man whom God employed raised them up step by step to such a place of power and blessing and glory as never was before and never can be again till Jesus come and make this very Zion the centre of His earthly government with the blessing and glory due to His name. And David commanded his young men, and they slew them.". Her contempt of him and his devotion began in the heart, but out of the abundance of that the mouth spoke. 2 Samuel, CHAPTER 6 | USCCB All outward order was around him. But he did not forget his life and general character, because of the grave mistake that opposed David and turned out fatal to himself. Take me there This follows in the next chapter, and there again how truly men mistook the heart of the king. The prophet is as much dependent on God for light as any other person, and it is an instructive thing that we should have the mistakes of a prophet, or it may be of a greater than the prophet: I speak of course even of an apostle himself; and, without entering on doubtful points, I do say it is perfectly certain that, great as was the apostle Peter, he made not only mistakes, but some of the most serious kind. Rather it was because of the lack of respect for God that had characterized the operation. Well David's not one to be messed with. "And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. He designed thereby to honour God (2 Samuel 6:21; 2 Samuel 6:21): It was before the Lord, and with an eye to him. God's intention was to set up a king according to His own mind. hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? Boy, that big, cold put down, cold blanket. It is true that David's seed should come under the righteous government of God. They hold the judgment of the dead, but in general merge in it that of the quick, which is to lose it. Further, the Edomites are made subject to the throne. Such grace was indeed a great thing to say and do, but not too much. Can we trust our desires? What of this? (6-11) David brings the ark to Zion. The grace of God alone gives the truth power. 2 Samuel 24:10-25 - In God's Hands. Let us never be driven from our duty by the fear of reproach; for to be steady and resolute in it will perhaps turn to our reputation more than we think it will. So David really wasn't following the law of God in building this new cart, and having it pulled by oxen. And I will be yet even more vile than this, and will be base in my own sight: and of these maidservants which you have spoken of, I'll be held in honour of them. It was before the Lord In his presence and service, which, though contemptible to thee, is and ever shall be honourable in my eyes. It was not that David shut his eyes to anything that was wrong. that afflictions "spring from the dust?" Alas! And Jehovah directs him to Hebron, whither he goes. And he said to her, [He gets very caustic with her, he said,] it was before the LORD, which chose me [cut, cut, cut] before your father, and before his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore I will play before the LORD ( 2 Samuel 6:21 ). Then it was that he hears his servants' entreaty, and is comforted. "There was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker." It was everywhere diffused. 2 Samuel 23:6 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org But now the Lord had put aside these different hindrances manifestly by His judgment, and had done it so much the more solidly for David as it was not by David. Bible Gateway passage: 2 Samuel 6:23 - King James Version 1 Kings 3:4]." Therefore he adds, "Shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth? But there is more than this. He designed thereby to humble himself: "I will be base in my own sight, and will think nothing too mean to stoop to for the honour of God." 2 Samuel 6 Bible Commentary - Matthew Henry (concise) - Christianity 75-86. . Hence too he says quickly, "As Jehovah liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: and he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. Michal had no child After this time. But even the palaces of princes are not free from family troubles. The king felt things after a too human sort. "So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before Jehovah: and they anointed David king over Israel." Now that was the Philistines' method of transporting the ark. He was so excited bringing the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem, with tremendous excitement and joy. But God was looking onward to a better than David; and now we have seen that, even after David was designated to the kingdom and anointed for it, God did not set aside at once the miserable consequences of man's choice. Any other would have had himself introduced at once with a flourish of trumpets. 2 Samuel 6:23 - Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse I will be yet more vile. 23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death. It will be made plain, too plain, that he was not the true Beloved, but at best only a shadow of Him that was coming. Why should it be so? In a certain sense the desire was admirable; but, beloved brethren, "to obey is better than sacrifice." 124-25. [Note: Gordon, p. a. What an awful issue for the king, with his sons, after consulting through a witch the dead prophet whom he had failed to heed whilst he was alive! For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. 209.]. Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version And Michal daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death. As they were coming with all of this big celebration, the oxen pulling the cart with the Ark of the Covenant upon it, the ox, one of the oxen tripped and the cart began to shake, and the Ark of the Covenant looked like it was going to fall. As the time for the wedding drew near and things became a little intense, someone passed a book along to my wife with the suggestion that we read a particular chapter. All the offerings speak of thanksgiving in devotedness and fellowship. The psalm sung on this occasion praised God for giving the people of Israel their homeland, and contrasted the power of this glorious God with the weakness of heathen idols (1 Chronicles 16:8-36). There is no brighter happier moment, as far as I can discern, in David's history as a king than on that day. Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content 2 Samuel 6:23 King James Version 23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death. 2 Samuel 6:23 - College Press Bible Study Textbook Series. How little unbelief ever learns! The power of the throne of David was firmly settled everywhere. It was in no way the fruit of vaulting pride in the spirit of David. Christ, the true light, was not come; nor was even the believer, though born of God, the new creation yet, so as to say, "old things are passed away: behold, all things are become new. When you murmur and complain of His chastening in your own case, what are you doing but expressing your displeasure at the Lord? There was no confidence in his own powers, no presuming on past victories as easy a thing to slip into as it is dangerous. I do not speak of what he did before he was brought into the highest place, and had the power requisite to fill it, but it is plain that God has recorded for our instruction that not even the very chief of the twelve apostles had wisdom except in what was given him. Thus it is the kingdom established in power after the people had been utterly ruined after they had gone through every phase of change calculated to help, yet every experiment only sinking them deeper into the dust. David, however low he had fallen, was a real man of God; not only the object of grace, but as a rule one deeply exercised and habitually formed by it. But David was determined to lift the spiritual life of the people. 1. David said, "It was before the Lord who chose me before your father, and his house. Enduring Word Bible Commentary 2 Samuel Chapter 23 David made no attempt to shift it to Jerusalem, possibly because it was too old to move without causing major damage, or possibly because David was thinking of building a new and more lasting structure. I do not anticipate that any one who hears me will be under the ancient and general error of ecclesiastics or other uninstructed souls, that it is a question here of the cross or atonement. Such is the case where Satan governs, even though there may be the form of the kingdom of God It was exactly so under Saul. It is no longer a question of the enemy, but of the ark; for how could David's spirit rest if the great symbol of Jehovah's presence in Israel was wanting? The children she brought up for Adriel were not her own, but adopted ones, or Adriel's by another woman, ( 2 Samuel 21:8 ) ; however, she had none after this time, whatever she had before, and it does not appear that she had any, though the Jews say she was Eglah, and Ithream her son, ( See Gill on 2 Samuel 3:5 ). 93.] 2 Samuel 6:20-23 - NIV - When David returned home to b - Christianity Part of the reason for Israels weakness during Sauls reign was the kings lack of interest in the nations religious life. PREVIOUS 2 Samuel 23:5 NEXT 2 Samuel 23:7 And, when we consider that the ark was both the token of God's presence and a type of Christ, we shall see that this story is very instructive. Now there is nothing that so beautifully shows grace; for it is not only great activity of goodness, but also perfect goodness displayed after all had been lost. Nor was it the feeling of David exclusively, but shared by those that surrounded him; for they were but the reflex of his own mind and heart. It is granted that this does not fall in with ordinary pre-conceived notions, as to the manner of the Lord's future association with His earthly people here below. a. She seems to have regarded kingship in Israel as her father had. 6 When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. The Philistine idols could not deliver the Philistines (2 Samuel 5:21), but the ark of God brought blessing to His people (ch. Truly the ways of God are wonderful. Had the king of Israel been faithful in his office before God, there had always been an unfailing supply of blessing for the children of Israel as a people. But here we have the genuine feeling of the heart, as I have said not only of David, but of those who shared his sympathies and his thoughts not an expression of human satisfaction but of horror paid to the man that dared to lift up his hand against Jehovah's anointed. He was a man of sufficient penetration to know who would gain the day, not to speak also of a family connection with David, which naturally gave him a certain interest in his success. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary At any rate it is far from me to set up for having the competency, if indeed any man could have it, to run the analogy with a closeness which is not warranted by the direct instructions of the Lord elsewhere. He had believed the human king was the ultimate authority and that everyone should honor him. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncov. It is where they had brought the ark of God. Read full chapter 2 Samuel 6:23 in all English translations 2 Samuel 5 2 Samuel 7 King James Version (KJV) Public Domain Bible Gateway Recommends And she said, Didn't the king behave himself gloriously today, uncovering yourself in front of all those handmaidens, [they're gonna despise you] ( 2 Samuel 6:20 ). The murderers "brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and Jehovah hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed." On this most grateful scene we need not pause long. 2 Samuel 6. And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall Jehovah go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. 2Sa 6:1-5. 2 Samuel 6:20 Commentaries: But when David returned to bless his Who told them to put it "upon a new cart?" The insult was told to David, who quietly met the matter; but at the same time it was committed to Joab; and certainly the vengeance taken was grateful to him. ( 2 Samuel 6:1-2) Bringing the ark of God to Jerusalem. Others have felt that she did not respect her husband or the Lord. "And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people. He was keenly alive to the dishonour that was done to God by the very heart and citadel of the kingdom belonging to an accursed race of Canaan. "And David said unto Michal, It was before Jehovah, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of Jehovah, over Israel: therefore will I play before Jehovah." It will be found contrariwise, my brethren, that the more truly you are isolated in the power of faith to Christ, the more precious the children of God become to the heart; but for this very reason you cannot endure their walking apart from the Lord's will. How unbecoming thy post and character!" This made him more eager than ever to install the ark in Jerusalem. The other chief priest, Zadok, was in charge of the tabernacle at Gibeon (1 Chronicles 16:4-6,1 Chronicles 16:37-42). What does 2 Samuel 6:23 mean? It was not only a device that was taken up hastily in the first instance, and carried out independently of God's order for carrying the vessels of the sanctuary; here there was a direct failure in the respect due to God's ark when it seemed to need man's succour. Take for instance Daniel. As its type, the second Book of Samuel is most valuable as showing that the grand distinctive principles which will exist under Christ were manifested in David. . For that reason he could afford to be quiet. When he brought the ark to Jerusalem, he placed it, to begin with, in a special tent that he had prepared for it. The children she brought up for Adriel were not her own, but adopted ones, or Adriel's by another woman, 2 Samuel 21:8; however, she had none after this time, whatever she had before, and it does not appear that she had any, though the Jews say she was Eglah, and Ithream her son, 2 Samuel 21:8- :. But let us pursue the tale. For experience will not suit in the things of God, nor any power in which a person may have previously wrought, unless there be also dependence on the Lord. It is happily no strange tale to almost all of us, being the account of David's wonderful grace to Mephibosheth. Some of us are apt to think that, because this is a holy place, and because it is a holy work, and because we are by the grace of God "holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling," we may enter into it as a matter of course.
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