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Transfer of the Ark of the Covenant from Kiriath-jearim to Jerusalem. 2 Samuel 6:2. And David arose and went, and all the people that were with him from Baal of Judah, to bring from there the ark of God, on which was inscribed the name of the Lord of hosts, who sat on the cherubim. Baal of Judah is the same as Kiriath-Jearim in the tribe of Judah. "To bring the ark of God from there." See (1 Samuel 6:21,7:1). "The name of the Lord of hosts who sits on the cherubim". See ( Ex. 25:10–22 ). 2 Samuel 6:5. And David and all the children of Israel played before the Lord on all sorts of musical instruments of cypress wood, and on harps, and on psalters, and on timbrels, and on sistres, and on cymbals. “They played before the Lord on all kinds of musical instruments” - to express and most excite their religious feelings. Zither and psalter are stringed musical instruments; the sistrum and cymbal are metal percussion instruments, the tympanum is something like our tambourine. 2 Samuel 6:7. But the Lord was angry with Uzzah, and God struck him down there for his insolence, and he died there by the ark of God. When asked why Oza was actually punished, Blessed Theodoret replies: “Some say that he was punished for rashness, as someone who attempted to give help to Kivot, who, serving as protection for the entire people, did not need the help of others. Josephus (Flavius) says that Uzzah was punished because, not being a Levite, he dared to touch the Icon; but this is obviously false, because Uzzah was the son of Amminadab, to whom the Bethshemites handed over the Icon that had been released by the foreigners (1 Sam. 7:1; 2 Sam. 6:3–4); Aminadab was from the tribe of Levi (1 Chronicles 6:16–22). And he was not punished for rashness, because when the chariot tilted, he had to support it with his hand. On the contrary, Uzzah is punished for another lawlessness. God commanded the priests to carry the Icon on their shoulders (Numbers 4:1–20); They, contrary to the law, were transported in a chariot. They were deceived by the fact that the Kivot, sent away by the foreigners, did not harm anyone. But it was necessary to know that the foreigners did not know the law, and did not have priests to move the Icon according to the law” (Blessed Theodoret, commentary on 2 Kings, question 19). Moreover, as some believe, Uzzah did not grasp the Ark of the Lord with due reverence for the latter. 2 Samuel 6:9. And David was afraid of the Lord on that day and said, “How can the ark of the Lord come to me?” “To me” – to the city of David (cf. 2 Samuel 5:7,6:10). 2 Samuel 6:12. When it was reported to King David, saying: “The Lord blessed the house of Abeddar and all that it had for the sake of the ark of God,” then David went and triumphantly carried the ark of God from the house of Abeddar to the city of David. “Having made Jerusalem the political center of the country, David found it necessary to make it a religious center by transferring the Ark of the Covenant here. This was required, on the one hand, in order to generally elevate the importance of the city of David in the eyes of the people, and on the other hand, even more in order, under the personal supervision of the king, to give proper order and solemn atmosphere to the national divine service and thereby revive the religious spirit of the people, apparently fallen in recent times (1 Chronicles 13:3)” (Ya. Bogorodsky, “Jewish Kings”, p. 152). 2 Samuel 6:14. David galloped with all his might before the Lord; And David was dressed in a linen ephod. “David galloped with all his might before the Lord”—out of the fullness of his religious delight. “And David was clothed with a linen ephod.” See book (1 Samuel 2:18). 2 Samuel 6:16. When the ark of the Lord entered the city of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked out the window and, seeing King David jumping and dancing before the Lord, humiliated him in her heart. Michal is the daughter of Saul and the wife of David. See (1 Samuel 18:20–23,25:44; 2 Samuel 3:12–16). “She humiliated him in her heart.” Saul's daughter was not able to survive and even understand the religious upsurge of spirit in which King and Prophet David was at that moment. 2 Samuel 6:17. And they brought the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place in the midst of the tabernacle which David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. For David's construction of the Jerusalem Tabernacle, see (1 Chronicles 15:1,16:1). Abiathar was appointed high priest at the newly built tabernacle (1 Samuel 22:20–23,23:9); at the undismantled old tabernacle in Gibeon, Zadok served as high priest (1 Chronicles 16:39). Thus, the Jews had two high priests and two places of worship, contrary to the order from Sinai. But David did not dare to move the old tabernacle to Jerusalem, nor to dismantle it as unnecessary, because he was afraid of alienating the inhabitants of Gibeon and the entire tribe of Benjamin, who were already not disposed towards David and, no doubt, valued the presence of this shrine as a monument to their honorable position among the tribes under Saul. The splendor of Jerusalem worship, gradually created by David, and the overwhelming grandeur of Solomon's temple were needed so that the Benjamites and other tribes who sympathized with them would forget their rivalry for a while and come to terms with the destruction of the old tabernacle. Under Solomon, the old Gibeonian tabernacle was dismantled and, together with David’s, stored in the premises of the church” (Ya. Bogorodsky, “Jewish kings”, p. 155–156). 2 Samuel 6:21. And David said to Michal, “I will dance before the Lord.” And blessed is the Lord], who preferred me to your father and to all his house, establishing me as the leader of the people of the Lord, Israel; I will play and dance before the Lord; 2 Samuel 6:22. and I will humble myself even more, and become even more insignificant in my eyes, and before the maidservants of whom you speak, I will be glorious. David's religious delight, incomprehensible to the cold nature of the high-born Michal, is quite understandable and praiseworthy in the eyes of the masses of simple, spontaneous people. 2 Samuel 6:23. And Michal the daughter of Saul had no children until the day of her death. Michal's religious inertia could not but cause David to alienate her. Michal's infertility was like a punishment from above. You might be interested in: