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He had other wives and concubines, and he could have fulfilled his sexual desires without Michal. At the same time the king confesses what a sinful thing had been done, and his own weakness. The second move 6:12-23. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 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. It is the Lord Jesus, now associated with the people, who puts Himself at the head of Israel. 2 Samuel 6 Bible Commentary - Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Christianity Sinai, I need scarcely say, is the one, as Zion is the other. Davids dancing should be thought of only as an expression of holy enthusiasm for the bringing of the ark to Jerusalem, and as an attitude of humility as king before almighty God. He came in to bless his house, just overflowing, and who should meet him at the door but ice sickles, Michal. God deigns in grace to serve His people and to suit Himself to them. Now they could remember that Jehovah said, "Thou shalt feed my people." there was no self-judgment, nor is there a single feature more terrible in the sin of David than the long time he gave himself up to it, apparently without a right feeling as to man, or exercise of conscience as to God; so that, even when it was plainly enough set parabolically before him, his anger was kindled only against another man's wrong. "Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith Jehovah, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? Hence it is referred to in Hebrews strikingly, where it is said, "We are come to mount Zion." When Nathan came, David might well have had his ears open to know whether there was any word from God about such a sin as he had been guilty of; but not so. Generous as David was, he was wounded and resented the insult on those innocent of it. There is nothing so humble as waiting on the Lord, and quietly doing His will as God makes it known; nor is anything really so firm, although unbelief counts and boldly declares it the greatest presumption to know it. Receive David Guzik's Weekly Devotional. Yet there was one person who had no sympathy with the festive joy of that great day in Israel, one soul who was as displeased with David now as he himself had once been with Jehovah. 7 The Lord's anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act; therefore God struck him down, and he died there beside the ark of God. Now Baale of Judah is actually Kirjath-Jearim, it's about eight miles from Jerusalem. [16] And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?" [Note: Sidney Smith, "The Practice of Kingship in Early Semitic Kingdoms," in Myth, Ritual, and Kingship, pp. There are two mountains that have a place proper to them the mount of law and the mount of grace. That which displeased her was his affection to the ark, which she wished he had no greater kindness for than she had: but she basely represents his conduct, in dancing before the ark, as lewd and immodest; and, while really she was displeased at it as a diminution to his honour, she pretended to dislike it as a reproach to his virtue, that he uncovered himself in the eyes of the maid-servants, as no man would have done but one of the vain fellows that cared not how much he shamed himself. But many conceive that it points to the Lord destroying the Roman beast and the false prophet with the associate kings of that company and day. Oh, what sin and shame for David! Hence the application of what comes before us here. 1 a David again assembled all the picked men of Israel, thirty thousand in number. "And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, crave the new cart." How unbecoming thy post and character!" In the first negatively we have seen the idea coming to a close, because it was a king that Israel chose according to their own heart, although even there God held the reins, as He always does. There had He anointed His Son. "And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. Nevertheless, when it was painfully proved that David was but a sinful man, the bright promise of a better even of the Messiah shines through the dark patches of his history. 8 Verse 9 Verse 10 Verse 11 Verse 12 Verse 13 Verse 14 Verse 15 Verse 16 Verse 17 Verse 18 Verse 19 Verse 20 Verse 21 Verse 22 Verse 23. And king David himself followed the bier. So he just had to turn in, and he had to go back to Jerusalem empty, not taking the Ark of the Covenant. Those that honour God he will honour; but those that despise him, and his servants and service, shall be lightly esteemed. Most scholars have placed Davids bringing the ark into Jerusalem near the beginning of his reign. 2 Samuel 6:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory - Bblia Plus It is angels' work to worship God, surely that cannot lower the greatest of men. Because the Holy Ghost is even here always thinking of Christ. Thus saith Jehovah God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; and I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. If indeed we believe, beloved brethren, then do we with patience wait for it: the hope that we have is well worth the while. And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. He and the people celebrated the great event with a sacred ritual of music, dancing, sacrifice and feasting (16-19; see 1 Chronicles 15:16-28). When they sent the Ark of the Covenant back, they had built a cart, and they took oxen and had it pulled back with the cart pulled by oxen. . We know how the grace of the Lord Jesus reversed this. He knew perfectly of course what David's sons would come to. But do not think this so strange a thing either. It is a chapter profitable for the soul to consider well and often, the bitter grief of David, his exercise of heart when the child was smitten, and his admirable conduct after God had taken away the child. In the next chapter (2 Samuel 7:1-29) we have the king before Jehovah. It would not consist with His glory to let David build Him a house till He had built David a house. But David was determined to lift the spiritual life of the people. She seems to have regarded kingship in Israel as her father had. Enduring Word Bible Commentary 2 Samuel Chapter 6 It was the service of faith. But he just put it in there at the house of Obededom.It is interesting though that as David sought to bring the Ark of the Covenant back, rather than going back to the book of the law to see how God had ordered the Ark of the Covenant to be transported, David was following the Philistine example. "And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God." Those who hold this second view believe-properly, I think-that the houses in view were Davids palace structures that Hiram helped him build (2 Samuel 5:11). 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. All outward order was around him. The ark of God - This is a reference to the Ark of the Covenant. "And David was displeased, because Jehovah had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah to this day. At all events the history that follows is too painful for us to dwell much on at this time. The ark was the most sacred object in the tabernacle which Moses and the people built in the wilderness years. 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. They were taken up from the depth of ruin, and after that estate Zion was won. It looked excellent, humanly speaking, and might even seem so for a man of God. 2 Samuel 23:6 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary - StudyLight.org 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. `' If he commit iniquity, I Will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men." No; there was a heart that loved them better than they loved him: there was one that sought Jehovah's glory for them, and who valued the throne because it was Jehovah's gift. Let us not then be indifferent in it, nor afraid or ashamed to own it. He does not become king over all Israel at once; and even when he does, there is still a work of putting down adversaries among the neighbouring nations. 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. David therefore leaves all with Him. 1. 2 Samuel 23:6 - Bible Hub He was so excited bringing the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem, with tremendous excitement and joy. 1 Samuel 2:18) as he praised the Lord (2 Samuel 6:13). ), still less in her value for Jehovah's relation to Israel as witnessed by the bringing of the ark to Zion. It is angels' work to worship God, surely that cannot lower the greatest of men. Weakness or worse must always be till Jesus take the throne. Eleazar: 1Ch 11:12-14 27:4, Dodai. Some scholars believe the ephod David wore was a brief loincloth and that Michal despised him for exposing himself inappropriately. "The suggestion has been offered that David assumed something of the role of priest-king when, wearing a linen ephod, he danced before the ark as it was brought into Jerusalem, and also sacrificed oxen and fatlings (2 Samuel 6:13-19). Here was a man that was a rival, and this too without a cause and without a title. If the affections are kept vigorous and pure on the object of God, then the truth is seen in its real beauty and brightness; whereas if the affections are weak, or wandering after false objects, we may have all the truth in the Bible before us, but it makes little or no impression. It is supposed that, because He is God, because He knows all the wickedness of every individual, therefore every wicked one is consumed in an instant; but these are not the ways of God. . He began by restoring the ark, symbol of Gods presence, to its rightful position as the centre of Israels religious life. He walks in faith still. Ruin, ever worse and worse, as each means successively tried proved the hopeless evil of man when fairly and fully put to the test by God. Surely this is very solemn for me, for any. [2.] "And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah of hosts." There never was greater confusion than towards the end of 1 Samuel David among the Philistines seeking to fight Israel, Saul and Jonathan utterly worsted at last by the Philistines who slay them. Again take the well-known picture of the day of Jehovah, Zechariah 14:1-21, where it is said that Jehovah shall go forth as in the day of battle and fight with those nations. "What one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? It may be that God shut Michals womb as a judgment on her for her attitude (2 Samuel 6:20). 977 B.C.). And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased the people. What a figure didst thou make to-day in the midst of the mob! 3 They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. But whether one look at Moses or David or Daniel, at the beginning or middle or end, after all the Lord is the same yesterday and today and for ever; and the effect is the same in the heart of those that love Him. his power was not equal to his heart. Again David gathered all the choice men of Israel, thirty thousand. 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. ."] And God, who is looking onward to this, had before His mind the one person who is the pivot on which turns our blessing, not only for eternity, but also for His people and all the earth in time. He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. He was not following God's pattern, but the Philistine pattern. (12-19) Michal's ill conduct. They have done so because of where the writer placed this incident in the text. When He comes, it will be so. ", "And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man." "Wherefore this day the blind and the lame shall not come into the house." In the chapter (2 Samuel 3:1-39) that follows the Spirit of God marks the progress of things. [Note: Gordon, p. 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. It He desired for Jehovah's habitation. But faith is more than upright, and can readily afford to be generous. And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of Jehovah had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.". Faith waits on God, instead of anticipating in self-confidence, or in the desires of our own heart, let them be ever so simple. Again, we hear next how David was owned by the Gentiles gradually. Is it to be supposed that God did not know what sort of stuff kings were? ", It was a fine feeling, and this, I am persuaded, from higher than human sources. . And so do we find now constantly. 2 Samuel 24:10-25 - In God's Hands. 2 Samuel 6:20 Commentaries: But when David returned to bless his Now Ish-bosheth had no title whatsoever. "But the house of Judah followed David. Here again we see, whatever may have been the sin of gaining her as the king did, the sovereign grace of God did not blot out the tie that was formed, but deigned out of that connection, when the sin was thoroughly detected and judged, to raise up the chosen son of David, who sets aside the others that might have pleaded a prior claim after the flesh. So here Nathan has a corrective from the Lord Himself, as indeed it was needed. Solomon later decorated his temple with figures of fruits. Here he reminds her indeed of the setting aside of her father's house, to make way for him to the throne, that she might not think herself the most proper judge of propriety: "God chose me before thy father, and appointed me to be ruler over Israel, and now I am the fountain of honour; and, if the expressions of a warm devotion to God were looked upon as mean and unfashionable in thy father's court, yet I will play before the Lord, and thereby bring them into reputation again. There was a bitter vengeance. And the Philistines came up yet again." Certainly so it was with king David, who hated any advantage taken even of his enemies. How different all that passed there, as we pass from Michal and the king to the king and Jehovah! Wherefore thou art great, O Lord Jehovah: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. 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 ). Then in 2 Samuel 9:1-13 a different picture opens before us. And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own Dock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. 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. We only experience full joy when we follow Gods will completely (cf. The people were praising the Lord, offering sacrifices, dancing before the Lord, David in the middle of them, dancing with all of his might. The blind and the lame were just the people that did come into the house when He was there. 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). And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version And Michal daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death. David felt anger and fear the first time he tried to bring the ark into Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6:8-9), but when he observed the Mosaic Law carefully, the second time, he felt great freedom and joy. But in truth, my brethren, we are entirely dependent on God Himself to give force to His own truth. Now that David had wrested it from the Jebusites, this becomes the great fact that afterwards stamps its character upon Israel. Whether they were on David's side or on Saul's, they proved altogether unequal to meet the difficulty, Saul's men fleeing before the enemy, and David's men ready to stone the true anointed of Jehovah! She was not displeased at his generosity to the people, nor did she grudge the entertainment he gave them; but she thought he degraded himself too much in dancing before the ark. He evidently thought there could be no doubt of the matter. But when you have got the sense of what Christ is, when you are filled with His glory and with His love, then not to enter into His feelings toward the church would be the most unnatural of all things. As it was, she despised him for the very qualities that made him great, namely, devotion to the Lord and spontaneity in worship." Nearness to God was greater in David's eyes at that moment than the throne that God had given him; and David rightly judged. 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? How he replied to her reproach. And David said, Whither shall I go up?" "And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings: how much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed?"