2 Samuel 6:6-16

6 But when they came to the ¹threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah ²reached out toward the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen nearly upset it.

7 And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and ³God struck him down there for his irreverence; and he died there by the ark of God.

8 David became angry because * of the LORD'S outburst * against Uzzah, and that place is called Perez-uzzah to this day.

9 So ⁴David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, "How can the ark of the LORD come to me?"

10 And David was unwilling * to move the ark of the LORD into the city of David with him; but David took it aside to the house of ⁵Obed-edom the Gittite.

11 Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months, and the LORD ⁶blessed Obed-edom and all his household.

The Ark Is Brought to Jerusalem

12 Now it was told King David, saying, "The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, on account of the ark of God." ⁷David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into ⁸the city of David with gladness.

13 And so it was, that when the ⁹bearers of the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ¹⁰ox and a fatling.

14 And ¹¹David was dancing before the LORD with all his might, and David was ¹²wearing a linen ephod.

15 So David and all the house of Israel were bringing up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sound of the trumpet.

16 Then it happened as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David that ¹³Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

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2 Samuel 6:6-16 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 13

1. 1 Chronicles 13:9
2. Num 4:15, 19, 20
3. 1 Samuel 6:19
4. Psalms 119:120; Luke 5:8
5. 1 Chronicles 26:4-8
6. Genesis 30:27; Genesis 39:5
7. 1 Chr 15:25-16:3
8. 1 Kings 8:1
9. Numbers 4:15; Joshua 3:3; 1 Chronicles 15:2, 15
10. 1 Kings 8:5
11. Exodus 15:20, 21; Judges 11:34
12. Exodus 19:6; 1 Samuel 2:18, 28
13. 2 Samuel 3:14

Footnotes 4

[a]. Lit "the"
[b]. Lit "the LORD broke through a breakthrough"
[c]. I.e. the breakthrough of Uzzah
[d]. Lit "girded with"