Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 6:11
2 Samuel 6:11. The Lord blessed, &c. The same hand that punished Uzzah’s presumption, rewarded Obed-edom’s humble boldness. None ever had, or ever shall have, reason to say that it is in vain to serve God. Piety is the best friend to prosperity. His household too shared in the blessing. It is good living in a family that entertains the ark; for all about it will fare the better for it. read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 6:10
2 Samuel 6:10. David carried it to the house of Obed-edom, the Gittite He is not called a Gittite from his being born in, or dwelling at, that Gath which was a city of the Philistines, but from Gath-rimmon, a Levitical city, Joshua 21:24. For it is certain he was a Levite, 1 Chronicles 15:18-24; 1 Chronicles 16:5. Obed-edom knew what slaughter the ark had made among the Philistines and the Bethshemites; he saw Uzzah struck dead; yet invites it to his house, and opens his doors without fear,... read more