2 Samuel 6:3

Contextual Overview

¹David again brought together out of Israel chosen men, thirty thousand in all. ¹ David again brought together all the able young men of Israel—thirty thousand. ¹Then David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. ¹ Now David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. ¹ Againe Dauid gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, euen thirtie thousand. ¹ David again gathered all the best soldiers in Israel. There were 30,000 men. ¹ And David again gathered every chosen one in Israel, thirty thousand. ¹ David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. ¹ David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. ¹ Againe, Dauid gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirtie thousand:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

set: etc. Heb. made the ark of God to ride, Numbers 4:5-12, Numbers 7:9, 1 Samuel 6:7

Gibeah: or, the hill

Reciprocal: Exodus 37:5 - General Joshua 3:3 - the priests Judges 20:28 - Shall I yet 1 Samuel 6:11 - they laid 1 Samuel 7:1 - Abinadab 1 Chronicles 13:7 - in a new cart 1 Chronicles 15:13 - ye did it

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
When men began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
Now it happened, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
And it came to passe, that when men began to be multiplied in the vpper face of the earth, there were daughters borne vnto the:

Genesis 6:1
The number of people on earth continued to increase. When these people had daughters, the sons of God saw how beautiful they were. So they chose the women they wanted. They married them, and the women had their children. Then the Lord said, "People are only human. I will not let my Spirit be troubled by them forever. I will let them live only 120 years." During this time and also later, the Nephilim people lived in the land. They have been famous as powerful soldiers since ancient times.

Genesis 6:1
When men began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,

Genesis 6:1
And whanne men bigunnen to be multiplied on erthe, and hadden gendrid douytris,

Genesis 6:1
And it came to passe, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were borne vnto them:

Genesis 6:1
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they set the ark of God upon a new cart,.... Which was a great mistake, since it ought not to have been put upon a cart, old or new; it was to be borne upon men's shoulders, and carried by Levites only, and those of the family of Kohath, to whom no wagons were given, when others had them, for the above reason, Numbers 7:9; it is strange that so many priests and Levites, and of the people of Israel gathered together on that account, and David also, so well versed in the law of God, should not refer to it; perhaps they were led by the example of the Philistines, who put it in a new cart, and set it forward towards Bethshemesh, and were not punished for it; but it should have been considered they were an ignorant Heathen people, and who had no proper persons among them to bear it, and so might be dispensed with. This mistake was afterwards seen by David, and rectified, 1 Chronicles 15:2; wherefore there is no reason to charge the text with an error or escape, and that the word "Kirjathjearim" is wanting, and to be supplied, as Spinosa d suggests:

and brought it out, or "after they had brought it out" e,

of the house of Abinadab that [was] in Gibeah; or which was on the hill in Kirjathjearim, 1 Samuel 7:1;

and Uzzah and Ahio the sons of Abinadab drew the new cart; perhaps not only Abinadab himself was dead, but Eleazar also, his eldest son, who was sanctified to keep the ark, as in 1 Samuel 7:1; and these might be his younger sons who at this time had the care of it, and it may be especially Uzzah.

d Tractat. Theol. Politic. c. 9. p. 176. e וישאהו "quum extulissent", Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The house of Abinadab in Gibeah - . Rather, on the hill (as in margin and 1 Samuel 7:1). It does not at all follow that Abinadab was still alive, nor can we conclude from Uzzah and Ahio being called sons of Abinadab, that they were literally his children. They may well have been sons of Eleazar and grandsons of Abinadab, or yet more remote descendants; since there is no distinct evidence that Abinadab was alive even when the ark was brought to Kirjath-jearim. The house may have retained the name of “the house of Abinadab” long after his death.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 6:3. A new cart — Every thing used in the worship of God was hallowed or set apart for that purpose: a new cart was used through respect, as that had never been applied to any profane or common purpose. But this was not sufficient, for the ark should have been carried on the shoulders of the priests; and the neglect of this ceremony was the cause of the death of Uzzah.