2 Samuel 6

David Guzik · Citado em PreceptAustin

2 Samuel 6

Guzik has a pithy comment - The atmosphere was joyful, exciting, and engaging. The problem was that none of it pleased God because it was all in disobedience to His word.. We are often tempted to judge a worship experience by how it makes us feel. But when we realize that worship is about pleasing God, we are driven to His word so we can know how He wants to be worshipped. It is hard to receive it in our consumer-oriented culture, but worship isn’t all about what pleases us. It’s all about what pleases God. 2 Samuel 6:6 But when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out toward the Ark (aron) of God and took hold of it, for the oxen nearly upset it. BGT 2 Samuel 6:6 καὶ παραγίνονται ἕως ἅλω Νωδαβ καὶ ἐξέτεινεν Οζα τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ θεοῦ κατασχεῖν αὐτὴν καὶ ἐκράτησεν αὐτήν ὅτι περιέσπασεν αὐτὴν ὁ μόσχος τοῦ κατασχεῖν αὐτήν LXE 2 Samuel 6:6 And they come as far as the threshing floor of Nachor: and Oza reached forth his hand to the ark of God to keep it steady, and took hold of it; for the ox shook it out of its place. KJV 2 Samuel 6:6 And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. NET 2 Samuel 6:6 When they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and grabbed hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. CSB 2 Samuel 6:6 When they came to Nacon's threshing floor, Uzzah reached out to the ark of God and took hold of it because the oxen had stumbled. ESV 2 Samuel 6:6 And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. NIV 2 Samuel 6:6 When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. NLT 2 Samuel 6:6 But when they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand and steadied the Ark of God. Nacon: 1Ch 13:9 reached out toward the ark Nu 4:15,19,20 Related Passage: 1 Chronicles 13:9+ When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, because the oxen nearly upset it. UZZAH'S FATAL TOUCH But - Note the stark contrast - celebrating before the Ark in v5 and mishandling the Ark in v6! When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon - 1 Chronicles 13:9+ says "threshing floor of Chidon" and leaves the "he" off of Uzzah. Threshing floors were usually elevated to take advantage of the prevailing winds from the Mediterranean Sea. This suggests that at this juncture the new cart with Ark was not on level ground

2 Samuel 6

Guzik has an interesting application of Nachon’s threshing floor: At a threshing floor the whole stalks of wheat were gathered and the chaff was separated from the wheat. There was a lot of chaff in this production, and God blew away the chaff at Nachon’s threshing floor.....David wanted Israel to know the presence of the LORD and God showed up at Nachon’s threshing floor—but not in the way anyone wanted. Alexander Maclaren on Uzzah's response - “He saw no difference between the ark and any other valuable article. His intention to help was right enough; but there was a profound insensibility to the awful sacredness of the ark, on which even its Levitical bearers were forbidden to lay hands.” Sincerity of purpose is never an adequate reason for rejecting God's Word. -- Henry Morris Believer's Study Bible - Uzzah was not unaware of that command (TO NOT TOUCH THE ARK), nor of the Philistine experience with the ark (1Sa 5:1-6:18), nor of that of the men of Beth Shemesh who looked into the ark (1Sa 6:19, 20). Uzzah's error was disobedience to the Law of God, based upon an inadequate view of the holiness of God. Actually,the ark was not being transferred in compliance with the divine command (cf. 1Ch 15:12-15). Thus, all the ingredients for this tragedy were present from the start. When all else fails read the instructions!! NIV Study Bible makes a very interesting observation - At this important new beginning in Israel’s life with the Lord, he gives a shocking and vivid reminder to David and Israel that those who claim to serve him must acknowledge his rule with absolute seriousness (see Lev 10:1–3; Achan in Jos 7:24–25; Josh 24:19–20; Ananias and Sapphira - Ac 5:1–11—all are instances of stern divine judgments at the beginning of new eras in the history of redemption)..(Borrow NIV Study Bible) Theodore Epp points out: “This teaches us that what we do for the Lord must not be treated as something commonplace. In order to do it right, we need God’s favorable presence with us. We must not tone it down to suit man’s given it to us. We must not tone it down to suit man’s low desires not alter it to suit his perverted ideas. We must not tamper with the holiness of God. When we do, we invite judgment.” Henry

2 Samuel 6

Guzik - David’s anger was based in confusion. He couldn’t understand why his good intentions weren’t enough. God cares about both our intentions and actions. 2 Samuel 6:9 So David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, "How can the Ark (aron) of the LORD come to me?" BGT 2 Samuel 6:9 καὶ ἐφοβήθη Δαυιδ τὸν κύριον ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ λέγων πῶς εἰσελεύσεται πρός με ἡ κιβωτὸς κυρίου LXE 2 Samuel 6:9 And David feared the Lord in that day, saying, How shall the ark of the Lord come in to me? KJV 2 Samuel 6:9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me? NET 2 Samuel 6:9 David was afraid of the LORD that day and said, "How will the ark of the LORD ever come to me?" CSB 2 Samuel 6:9 David feared the LORD that day and said, "How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?" ESV 2 Samuel 6:9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and he said, "How can the ark of the LORD come to me?" NIV 2 Samuel 6:9 David was afraid of the LORD that day and said, "How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?" NLT 2 Samuel 6:9 David was now afraid of the LORD, and he asked, "How can I ever bring the Ark of the LORD back into my care?" afraid: Nu 17:12,13 1Sa 5:10-11 6:20 Ps 119:120 Isa 6:5 Lu 5:8,9 1Pe 3:6 How can: 1Ki 8:27 1Ch 13:11,12 Job 25:5,6 Related Passage: Psalm 119:120+ (SPURGEON THINKS DAVID WROTE PSALM 119) My flesh trembles for fear of You, And I am afraid of Your judgments. Numbers 17:12-13+ (AFRAID OF GOD) Then the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, “Behold, we perish, we are dying, we are all dying! 13 “Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the LORD, must die. Are we to perish completely?” 1 Samuel 5:10-11+ (PAGANS AFRAID) So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And as the ark of God came to Ekron the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel around to us, to kill us and our people.” 11 They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, so that it will not kill us and our people.” For there was a deadly confusion throughout the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. A WHOLE LOT OF SHAKING GOING ON So David was afraid of (CSB - "feared") the LORD that day - Yes, the fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge (Pr 1:7) but David's fear here is not reverential awe but appears to be a "trembling" fear. Fear of the LORD is always a fine balance between holy reverence and holy dread. The holy things of God should always be viewed with utmost reverence and respect. THOUGHT - There are two types of fear in this section. There is reverential (holy) fear which draws one toward the Holy One. Then there is fear that is dread which tends to draw one away from the Holy One. David had the latter type of fear. Why do I say it separates? Look at the effect on David -- the Ark was the symbol of Yahweh's mystical presence and yet David did not want to bring that "presence" into his city. Paul Apple - Fear of the Lord Should Lead to Repentance – Not Avoidance Utley on David was afraid - What a sad statement. The God who had brought David such peace, power, and was constantly with him, was now an object of fear. Fear, not reverence, brings emotional and physical separation. David was truly human. His fear is overcome in this context by the divine prosperity of Obed-edom (vv. 11,12). and he said, "How can the Ark (aron) of the LORD come to me - David's question is a good one. And as the scenario unfolds, it is clear that David learns how the Ark of the LORD can come to the city of David and that is by bringing it "according to the Book" (so to speak). Nu 4:15 was clear that the poles in the rings of the Ark were there for a "holy" purpose - to prevent death by touching the Ark! 2 Samuel 6:10 And David was unwilling to move the Ark (aron) of the LORD into the city of David with him; but David took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. BGT 2 Samuel 6:10 καὶ οὐκ ἐβούλετο Δαυιδ τοῦ ἐκκλῖναι πρὸς αὑτὸν τὴν κιβωτὸν διαθήκης κυρίου εἰς τὴν πόλιν Δαυιδ καὶ ἀπέκλινεν αὐτὴν Δαυιδ εἰς οἶκον Αβεδδαρα τοῦ Γεθθαίου LXE 2 Samuel 6:10 And David would not bring in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to himself into the city of David: and David turned it aside into the house of Abeddara the Gethite. KJV 2 Samuel 6:10 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. NET 2 Samuel 6:10 So David was no longer willing to bring the ark of the LORD to be with him in the City of David. David left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. CSB 2 Samuel 6:10 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. ESV 2 Samuel 6:10 So David was not willing to take the ark of the LORD into the city of David. But David took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. NIV 2 Samuel 6:10 He was not willing to take the ark of the LORD to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. NLT 2 Samuel 6:10 So David decided not to move the Ark of the LORD into the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath. Obed-edom: 1Ch 13:13-14 1Ch 5:18 1Ch 16:5 1Ch 26:4-8 Gittite : 2Sa 4:3 15:19 18:2 Related Passages: 1 Chronicles 13:13-14+ (PARALLEL PASSAGE) So David did not take the ark with him to the city of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 14 Thus the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months; and the LORD blessed the family of Obed-edom with all that he had. DAVID NOT WILLING TO MOVE ARK TO JERUSALEM And David was unwilling to move the Ark (aron) of the LORD into the city of David with him; but David took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite - Obed-edom was a Levite so it would be appropriate for him to care for the Ark of the Covenant. OBED-EDOM ("Servant of Edom") - "The Gittite" (probably because he was a native of Gath-rimmon), a Levite of the family of the Korahites (1Ch 26:1, 4-8), to whom was entrusted the custody of the ark (1Ch 15:18). When David was bringing up the ark "from the house of Abinadab, that was in Gibeah" (a hill near Kirjath-jearim), and had reached Nachon's threshing-floor, he became afraid because of the "breach upon Uzzah," and carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom (2Sa 6:1-12). There it remained for 3 months, and was to him and his house the occasion of great blessing. David then removed it with great rejoicing to Jerusalem, and set it in the midst of the tabernacle he had pitched for it. Youngblood adds "Obed-Edom was a Levite (1 Ch 15:17–18, 21, 24–25; 16:4–5, 38; Josephus, Ant. 7.83 [4.2])—in fact, he was a Kohathite Levite if Gath Rimmon in Dan or Manasseh was his hometown (Jos 21:20, 24–26; 1 Ch 6:66, 69; cf. Kirkpatrick)." (Ibid) NIV Study Bible on Gittite. He appears to have been a Levite (see note on 1 Ch 13:13; cf. 1 Ch 15:18, 24; 16:5; 26:4–8, 15; 2 Ch 25:24), though many think the term “Gittite” fixes his place of birth at the Philistine city of Gath (see 15:18 and note). However, Gittite may be a reference to the Levitical city Gath Rimmon in Dan or Manasseh (Jos 21:20–25). (Borrow NIV Study Bible)

2 Samuel 6

Guzik - This expression of David’s heart showed that he had a genuine emotional link to God. There are two great errors in this area—the error of making emotions the center of our Christian life and the error of an emotionally detached Christian life. In the Christian life, emotions must not be manipulated and they must not be repressed.. We don’t think that dancing is strange when the baseball player rounds the bases after the game winning home run. We don’t think it is strange when the winning touchdown is scored or when our own child scores a goal. We think nothing at hands raised at a concert or a touchdown. We should not think them strange in worship to God. Henry

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Guzik points out that "David didn’t let Michal’s sarcastic criticism ruin his day. He simply explained the truth: “I did it for God, not for you.” This is not a justification for everything in the context of worship. When David considered the context of the procession and the whole setting, his conscience was clear. He knew his dancing wasn’t inappropriate to the setting or context. Someone who acts inappropriately to the setting or context of a meeting can’t simply justify it by saying, “It was before the LORD.” 2 Samuel 6:22 "And I will be more lightly esteemed than this and will be humble in my own eyes, but with the maids of whom you have spoken, with them I will be distinguished." BGT 2 Samuel 6:22 καὶ ἀποκαλυφθήσομαι ἔτι οὕτως καὶ ἔσομαι ἀχρεῖος ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς σου καὶ μετὰ τῶν παιδισκῶν ὧν εἶπάς με δοξασθῆναι LXE 2 Samuel 6:22 And I will again uncover myself thus, and I will be vile in thine eyes, and with the maid-servants by whom thou saidst that I was not had in honour. KJV 2 Samuel 6:22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. NET 2 Samuel 6:22 I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this! But with the slave girls whom you mentioned let me be distinguished!" CSB 2 Samuel 6:22 and I will humble myself even more and humiliate myself. I will be honored by the slave girls you spoke about." ESV 2 Samuel 6:22 I will make myself yet more contemptible than this, and I will be abased in your eyes. But by the female servants of whom you have spoken, by them I shall be held in honor." NIV 2 Samuel 6:22 I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor." NLT 2 Samuel 6:22 Yes, and I am willing to look even more foolish than this, even to be humiliated in my own eyes! But those servant girls you mentioned will indeed think I am distinguished!" NRS 2 Samuel 6:22 I will make myself yet more contemptible than this, and I will be abased in my own eyes; but by the maids of whom you have spoken, by them I shall be held in honor." NJB 2 Samuel 6:22 lower myself even further than that. In your eyes I may be base, but by the maids you speak of, by them, I shall be held in honour!' NAB 2 Samuel 6:22 but I will demean myself even more. I will be lowly in your esteem, but in the esteem of the slave girls you spoke of I will be honored." YLT 2 Samuel 6:22 and I have been more vile than this, and have been low in mine eyes, and with the handmaids whom thou hast spoken of, with them I am honoured.' GWN 2 Samuel 6:22 and I will degrade myself even more than this. Even if I am humiliated in your eyes, I will be honored by these slave girls you speak about." BBE 2 Samuel 6:22 And I will do even worse than this, and make myself even lower in your eyes: but the servant-girls of whom you were talking will give me honour. RSV 2 Samuel 6:22 I will make myself yet more contemptible than this, and I will be abased in your eyes; but by the maids of whom you have spoken, by them I shall be held in honor." NKJ 2 Samuel 6:22 "And I will be even more undignified than this, and will be humble in my own sight. But as for the maidservants of whom you have spoken, by them I will be held in honor." ASV 2 Samuel 6:22 And I will be yet more vile than this, and will be base in mine own sight: but of the handmaids of whom thou hast spoken, of them shall I be had in honor. DBY 2 Samuel 6:22 And I will make myself yet more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight; and of the handmaids that thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. BHT 2 Samuel 6:22 ûnüqallöºtî `ôd mizzö´t wühäyîºtî šäpäl Bü`ênäy wü`im-hä|´ámähôt ´ášer ´ämarT `immäm ´iKKäbëºdâ NIRV 2 Samuel 6:22 And that's not all. I will bring even less honor to myself. I will bring even more shame on myself. But those female slaves you spoke about will honor me." RWB 2 Samuel 6:22 And I will yet be more contemptible than this, and will be base in my own sight: and by the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, by them shall I be had in honour. WEB 2 Samuel 6:22 And I shall yet be more vile than thus, and shall be base in my own sight: and by the maid-servants which thou hast spoken of, by them shall I be had in honor. I will be more lightly esteemed: Isa 50:6 51:7 Mt 5:11,12 Ac 5:41,42 Heb 12:2 1Pe 4:14 will be humble in my own eyes: Ge 32:10 Job 40:4 42:6 1Ti 1:15 1Pe 5:6 I will be distinguished: 1Sa 2:30 Related Passages: 1 Samuel 2:7-8 (HANNAH'S PRAISE) “The LORD makes poor and rich; He brings low, He also exalts. 8 “He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the ash heap To make them sit with nobles, And inherit a seat of honor; For the pillars of the earth are the LORD’S, And He set the world on them. Matthew 23:12 “Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted. 1 Samuel 2:30 “Therefore the LORD God of Israel declares, ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever’; but now the LORD declares, ‘Far be it from Me–for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be lightly esteemed. DAVID'S WILLINGNESS TO BE EVEN MORE LOWLY APPEARING And I will be more lightly esteemed than this and will be humble in my own eyes - NIRV "And that's not all. I will bring even less honor to myself. I will bring even more shame on myself." BBE = "And I will do even worse than this, and make myself even lower in your eyes." NET = "I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this!"