2 Samuel 6:3

3 Und sie stellten die Lade Gottes auf einen neuen Wagen, und brachten sie aus dem Hause Abinadabs weg, das auf dem Hügel war; und Ussa und Achjo, die Söhne Abinadabs, führten den neuen Wagen.

2 Samuel 6:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 6:3

And they set the ark of God upon a new cart
Which was a great mistake, since it ought not to have been put upon a cart, old or new; it was to be borne upon men's shoulders, and carried by Levites only, and those of the family of Kohath, to whom no wagons were given, when others had them, for the above reason, ( Numbers 7:9 ) ; it is strange that so many priests and Levites, and of the people of Israel gathered together on that account, and David also, so well versed in the law of God, should not refer to it; perhaps they were led by the example of the Philistines, who put it in a new cart, and set it forward towards Bethshemesh, and were not punished for it; but it should have been considered they were an ignorant Heathen people, and who had no proper persons among them to bear it, and so might be dispensed with. This mistake was afterwards seen by David, and rectified, ( 1 Chronicles 15:2 ) ; wherefore there is no reason to charge the text with an error or escape, and that the word "Kirjathjearim" is wanting, and to be supplied, as Spinosa ^F4 suggests:

and brought it out,
or "after they had brought it out" ^F5,

of the house of Abinadab that [was] in Gibeah; or which was on the hill
in Kirjathjearim,
( 1 Samuel 7:1 ) ;

and Uzzah and Ahio the sons of Abinadab drew the new cart;
perhaps not only Abinadab himself was dead, but Eleazar also, his eldest son, who was sanctified to keep the ark, as in ( 1 Samuel 7:1 ) ; and these might be his younger sons who at this time had the care of it, and it may be especially Uzzah.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Tractat. Theol. Politic. c. 9. p. 176.
F5 (whavyw) "quum extulissent", Piscator.

2 Samuel 6:3 In-Context

1 Und David versammelte wiederum alle Auserlesenen in Israel, dreißigtausend Mann.

2 Und David machte sich auf und zog hin, und alles Volk, das bei ihm war, nach Baale-Juda, um von dannen die Lade Gottes heraufzubringen, welche nach dem Namen, dem Namen Jehovas der Heerscharen, der zwischen den Cherubim thront, genannt wird.

3 Und sie stellten die Lade Gottes auf einen neuen Wagen, und brachten sie aus dem Hause Abinadabs weg, das auf dem Hügel war; und Ussa und Achjo, die Söhne Abinadabs, führten den neuen Wagen.

4 Und sie brachten sie aus dem Hause Abinadabs weg, das auf dem Hügel war, indem sie die Lade Gottes begleiteten; und Achjo ging vor der Lade her.

5 Und David und das ganze Haus Israel spielten vor Jehova mit allerlei Instrumenten von Zypressenholz, und mit Lauten und mit Harfen und mit Tamburinen und mit Sistren und mit Zimbeln.