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Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Samuel 6:1-11

The first move 6:1-11Baale-judah (2 Samuel 6:2) may have been the later name of Kiriath-jearim (cf. Joshua 15:9-10). [Note: Ibid., p. 869.] This was where the ark had evidently rested since the Israelites had moved it from Bethshemesh in Samuel’s days (1 Samuel 6; cf. Psalms 132:6-8). [Note: Joseph Blenkinsopp, "Kiriath-jearim and the Ark," Journal of Biblical Literature 88 (1969):146-47.] David wanted to bring the ark into his capital because it symbolized the Lord’s presence. As we have seen,... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 6:1-23

The bringing of the Ark from Kirjath-jearim to Jerusalem1. Again] This probably refers to the previous assembling of the chosen men of Israel to repel the Philistine invasion (2 Samuel 5:22-25).2. From Baale of Judah] should probably be ’to Baal of Judah’ (1 Chronicles 13:6). The town was also known as Kirjath-baal (City of Baal).3. Out of the house of Abinadab] It had been there ever since its removal from Bethshemesh (1 Samuel 7:1). In Gibeah] RV ’in the hill.’ Kirjath-jearim was situated on... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 6:2

(2) From Baale of Judah.—There is either a textual error here, so that instead of from should be read to, or else the historian is so occupied with his main subject that he omits the mention of the journey to Baale. In Joshua 15:9 and 1 Chronicles 13:6, Baale is said to be another name for Kirjath-jearim. This was the place to which the ark was carried after its removal from Bethshemesh (1 Samuel 7:2), and it had remained here ever since. It has been generally identified with Kuryet-el-enab,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 6:3

(3) Upon a new cart.—The new cart, one which had been used for no other purpose, was doubtless intended as a mark of respect (comp. 1 Samuel 6:7); yet it was a violation of the law (Numbers 7:9), requiring that the ark should be borne by the Levites. It is not necessary to suppose that David intended to violate the law; but the ark having been left neglected for more than two generations, the exact requirements in regard to it may easily have passed out of mind.Abinadab that was in... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 6:1-23

CHAPTER VIII.THE ARK BROUGHT UP TO JERUSALEM.2 Samuel 6:1-23.THE first care of David when settled on the throne had been to obtain possession of the stronghold of Zion, on which and on the city which was to surround it he fixed as the capital of the kingdom and the dwelling-place of the God of Israel. This being done, he next set about bringing up the ark of the testimony from Kirjath-jearim, where it had been left after being restored by the Philistines in the early days of Samuel. David’s... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Samuel 6:1-23

3. The Ark Brought to Zion CHAPTER 6 1. The ark fetched by David (2 Samuel 6:1-5 ) 2. Uzzah: his error and death (2 Samuel 6:6-9 ) 3. The ark in the house of Obed-edom (2 Samuel 6:10-11 ) 4. The ark brought into David’s city (2 Samuel 6:12-19 ) 5. Michal’s mockery of David (2 Samuel 6:20-23 ) It is of importance to read 1 Chronicles 13:0 for a better understanding of how the ark was brought from Kirjathjearim to David’s city. The book of Chronicles contains these larger records... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Samuel 6:2

6:2 And David arose, and went with all the people that [were] with him from {a} Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth [between] the cherubims.(a) This was a city in Judah called also Kirjathjearim, Joshua 15:9. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Samuel 6:3

6:3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that [was] in {b} Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.(b) which was a high place in the city of Baale. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 6:1-23

David's kingdom having been established, he is rightly concerned that God should have His true place as in highest authority over Israel. The ark was the symbol of the throne of God, yet had been in the obscurity of the house of Abinidab in Baale (or Kirjath-Jearim -- Joshua 15:9). Thus, through the history of Saul, God's authority was obscured, but David wants this in the place of highest prominence. He therefore gathers thirty thousand chosen men of Israel in view of his commendable purpose.... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 6:1-23

“ GOING AND GROWING ” CONQUERING FOES (2 Samuel 5:0 ) The title of this lesson is the literal rendering of 2 Samuel 5:10 , “David went on and grew great.” The margin reads, “going and growing.” First, he overcame the inhabitants of Jerusalem known as the Jebusites and, capturing the city, made it his capital (2 Samuel 5:6-9 ). The parallel passage in 1 Chronicles 11:4-9 will show the two accounts to complement and confirm one another, Samuel being the more biographic and analistic and... read more

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