2 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 6

MacArthur observes that "Two basic principles...prevail throughout the OT, namely, obedience brings blessing, disobedience brings judgment." Blaikie: “The God of heaven,” says Bishop Hall, “pays liberally for His lodging.” GotQuestions.org - One of the ways God blessed Obed-Edom was in giving him many sons—eight to be exact. First Chronicles 26:4–6 lists them and their own sons, along with their father, as gatekeepers in God’s temple. Obed-Edom named each of his sons in honor of God’s blessing on his household. For example, he named one son Jehozabad (“The Lord Has Given”) and another Issachar (“Reward”). Obed-Edom had sixty-two strong male heirs, and it appears that all were faithful to the Lord. Although his was a minor role in Scripture, Obed-Edom is an example to us that God is fully aware of those whose hearts are wholly His (2 Chronicles 16:9), and He delights to bless those who honor Him (see 1 Samuel 2:30). Youngblood - In the case of Obed-Edom, the divine blessing (as often in the OT) would ultimately come in the form of numerous descendants: “62 in all” (1 Ch 26:8; cf. “For God had blessed Obed-Edom,” 1 Ch 26:5). (Ibid) Don Anderson - When you try and come into the presence of God in the wrong way, all you get is judgment. When God’s presence comes by the power of the Holy Spirit, you get blessed. God always comes either to BLAST or to BLESS, CONDEMN or COMFORT, to DESTROY or to DELIVER, to JUDGE or to SAVE. It all depends on how we come close to God—by his method or by our own. Vos comments here: “It is evident that at strategic moments in both the history of Israel and the Christian church, God has deemed it necessary to act in judgment to impress his people with a proper reverence for God and his holiness. For example: He came down in judgment at the foot of Mt. Sinai and punishment for idolatry when the ten commandments were given. As the Israelites entered Canaan, Achan was judged for his disobedience. In the earliest days of the church, he felled Ananias and Sapphira in an effort to impress his people with the absolute necessary of purity. “And on this occasion, when David was calling the nation to a new religious beginning, the same point needed to be made.” (Borrow 1, 2 Samuel : Bible study commentary) 2 Samuel 6:12 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 (aron) of God." And David went and brought up the Ark (aron) of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness. BGT 2 Samuel 6:12 καὶ ἀπηγγέλη τῷ βασιλεῖ Δαυιδ λέγοντες ηὐλόγησεν κύριος τὸν οἶκον Αβεδδαρα καὶ πάντα τὰ αὐτοῦ ἕνεκεν τῆς κιβωτοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἐπορεύθη Δαυιδ καὶ ἀνήγαγεν τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ κυρίου ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου Αβεδδαρα εἰς τὴν πόλιν Δαυιδ ἐν εὐφροσύνῃ LXE 2 Samuel 6:12 And it was reported to king David, saying, The Lord has blessed the house of Abeddara, and all that he has, because of the ark of the Lord. And David went, and brought up the Ark of the Lord from the house of Abeddara to the city of David with gladness. KJV 2 Samuel 6:12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness. NET 2 Samuel 6:12 David was told, "The LORD has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything he owns because of the ark of God." So David went and joyfully brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David. CSB 2 Samuel 6:12 It was reported to King David: "The LORD has blessed Obed-edom's family and all that belongs to him because of the ark of God." So David went and had the ark of God brought up from Obed-edom's house to the city of David with rejoicing. ESV 2 Samuel 6:12 And it was told King David, "The LORD has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing. NIV 2 Samuel 6:12 Now King David was told, "The LORD has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and everything he has, because of the ark of God." So David went down and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with rejoicing. NLT 2 Samuel 6:12 Then King David was told, "The LORD has blessed Obed-edom's household and everything he has because of the Ark of God." So David went there and brought the Ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the City of David with a great celebration. On account of: Mt 10:42 David: 1Ch 15:1-3,25 Ps 24:7-10 68:24-27 132:6-8 Related Passages: 1 Chronicles 15:1-3 (DAVID LEARNED HIS LESSON FROM UZZAH'S DEATH) Now David built houses for himself in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. 2 Then David said, “No one is to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for the LORD chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever.” 3 And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to its place which he had prepared for it. They are doing the RIGHT THING in the RIGHT WAY 1 Chronicles 15:12-15 and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites; consecrate yourselves both you and your relatives, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place that I have prepared for it. 13 “Because you did not carry it at the first, the LORD our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance.” 14 So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. 15 The sons of the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD. 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 (aron) of God." And David went and brought up the Ark (aron) of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness - God’s blessing on the household of Obed-Edom showed David that God’s anger had been appeased.After the curse brought by mishandling the Ark, David was understandably hesitant, but when he saw that the Ark (when handled correctly) brought blessing, he brought it to the city of David, not with fear or trepidation, but with gladness. David also made a significant "course correction" as recorded in 1 Chronicles 15:13+ where David explained to the priests “Because you did not carry it at the first, the LORD our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance.” Alan Redpath - “During the three months the ark stayed in this man’s house, David seems to have learned at least two things: First, he learned that he had tackled the situation in the wrong way, attempting to get God’s presence without recognizing God’s holiness. Therefore, eh the king, had been dealt with in judgment. But then he heard how apparently this very significant man who had the awesome presence of God in his home was being blessed. In other words, the ark of God was, as Paul wrote in 2 Cor. 2:16, ‘To the one the savor of death unto death, and to the other the savor of life unto life.’ I think David learned something else too: “Those three months gave him time to think and to pray. Just to make it simple, I will put it this way: Apparently David had been reading his Bible. He had taken these three months to get alone with God and say, ‘Now Lord, what has gone wrong? You know that I want your presence with me. I need your power for my testimony and service. But look what has happened. What is the matter?’ As he thought and prayed about it, the Lord evidently directed his mind to the books of Moses (ED: DAVID WAS DOING WHAT A KING WAS SUPPOSED TO DO! Deut 17:18-20+), and he saw where he had made a mistake.” (Pdf - The Making of a Man of God Life of David) Psalm 24:1-10 IN CONTEXT: If you look at a map of Palestine and study the life of David, you learn that in the days before he became king, whenever he wanted to go from the southern part of the country to the north, he had to pass a city named JEBUS, an ancient fortress from the days of Joshua during which time the Israelites never took the Promised Land as God had commanded them. So whenever David would go by JEBUS, the soldiers would taunt him challenging him when he became king to try and take JEBUS. When David became king he never forgot their taunts, saying "The first thing we're going to do is to clean out Jebus." (cf 1 Chr 11:4-5) And this is what Ps 24 is talking about. David defeated Jebus and made it his capital (called Jerusalem, city of David, 2Sa 5:3-10). One of his first acts as king was to bring the Ark of the Covenant to Jebus (2Sa 6:1, 12-14). Psalm 24 is a processional hymn that he and the people sang as they brought it up the incline to the city: "Lift up your heads, O gates! Tear down the walls! Enlarge the breeches!" And the walls, as if sharing the ancient antipathy of their defenders, ask,"Who is this king who demands that we enlarge the gates?" The answer comes back""The Lord of hosts. He is the King of glory." So once you understand the historical background, Psalm 24 suddenly becomes alive. In his introductory comments on Psalm 24