2 Samuel 6:7-17

7 Then the Lord's anger burned against Uzzah,[a] and God struck him dead on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there next to the ark of God.
8 David was angry because of the Lord's outburst against Uzzah, so he named that place an Outburst Against Uzzah,[b] as it is today.
9 David feared the Lord that day and said, "How can the ark of the Lord ever come to me?"
10 So he was not willing to move the ark of the Lord to the city of David; instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
11 The ark of the Lord remained in his house three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-edom[c] and his whole family.[d]
12 It was reported to King David: "The Lord has blessed Obed-edom's family and all that belongs to him because of the ark of God." So David went and had the ark of God brought up from Obed-edom's house to the city of David with rejoicing.
13 When those carrying the ark of the Lord advanced six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.[e]
14 David was dancing[f] with all his might before the Lord wearing a linen ephod.
15 He and the whole house of Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of the ram's horn.
16 As the ark of the Lord was entering the city of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked down from the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.
17 They brought the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent David had set up for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings in the Lord's presence.

2 Samuel 6:7-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 6

In this chapter we are told that David fetched the ark from Baale of Judah, with an intent to bring it to his own city, 2Sa 6:1-5; but Uzzah being smitten for his error concerning it, David was displeased, and left it at the house of Obededom, where it remained three months, and proved a blessing to his house, 2Sa 6:6-11; which David hearing of, went and brought it from thence with great expressions of joy before it as it came along, and offered offerings to the Lord at the setting it in its place, and gave gifts to the people, 2Sa 6:12-19; but Michal his wife was displeased with some of his gestures on that occasion, which made some difference between them, and which, on Michal's part, was resented by the Lord himself; for she became barren for it to the time of her death, 2Sa 6:20-23.

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