2 Samuele 6:9

9 E Davide, in quel giorno, ebbe paura dell’Eterno, e disse: "Come verrebbe ella da me l’arca dell’Eterno?"

2 Samuele 6:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 6:9

And David was afraid of the Lord that day
Lest he should be smitten for his error also, and especially as he had discovered some resentment at the Lord's dealing with Uzzah; when he ought to have been still and quiet, and submitted to the will of God, and owned his justice in it, confessed his own error, and been thankful for his sparing mercy vouchsafed to him:

and said, how shall the ark of the Lord come to me?
the meaning of which is not, how it should be brought to the place provided by him in Jerusalem, now Uzzah was dead, for there were Levites enough to carry it, as they afterwards did; but as signifying that it would be either boldness and presumption in him to do it, since God had shown such a mark of his displeasure at their proceeding, that he might be in doubt whether it was the will of God it should come to him; or as fearing it would be dangerous to him to have it with him, since he might be guilty of such an error, of the same, or like it, that had been committed.

2 Samuele 6:9 In-Context

7 E l’ira dell’Eterno s’accese contro Uzza; Iddio lo colpì quivi per la sua temerità, ed ei morì in quel luogo presso l’arca di Dio.

8 Davide si attristò perché l’Eterno avea fatto una breccia nel popolo, colpendo Uzza; e quel luogo è stato chiamato Perets-Uzza fino al dì d’oggi.

9 E Davide, in quel giorno, ebbe paura dell’Eterno, e disse: "Come verrebbe ella da me l’arca dell’Eterno?"

10 E Davide non volle ritirare l’arca dell’Eterno presso di sé nella città di Davide, ma la fece portare in casa di Obed-Edom di Gath.

11 E l’arca dell’Eterno rimase tre mesi in casa di Obed-Edom di Gath, e l’Eterno benedisse Obed-Edom e tutta la sua casa.