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2 Samuel 6

BLIVRE · Chapter 6/24

1E Davi voltou a juntar todos os escolhidos de Israel, trinta mil.

2E levantou-se Davi, e foi com todo o povo que tinha consigo, de Baal de Judá, para fazer passar dali a arca de Deus, sobre a qual era invocado o nome do SENHOR dos exércitos, que mora nela entre os querubins.

3E puseram a arca de Deus sobre um carro novo, e levaram-na da casa de Abinadabe, que estava em Gibeá: e Uzá e Aiô, filhos de Abinadabe, guiavam o carro novo.

4E quando o levavam da casa de Abinadabe que estava em Gibeá, com a arca de Deus, Aiô ia diante da arca.

5E Davi e toda a casa de Israel dançavam diante do SENHOR com toda sorte de instrumentos de madeira de faia; com harpas, saltérios, adufes, flautas e címbalos.

6E quando chegaram à eira de Nacom, Uzá estendeu a mão à arca de Deus, e segurou-a; porque os bois a sacudiam.

7E o furor do SENHOR se acendeu contra Uzá, e feriu-o ali Deus por aquela imprudência, e caiu ali morto junto à arca de Deus.

8E entristeceu-se Davi por o SENHOR ter ferido a Uzá: e foi chamado aquele lugar Perez-Uzá, até hoje.

9E temendo Davi ao SENHOR aquele dia, disse: Como há de vir a mim a arca do SENHOR?

10Não quis, pois, Davi trazer a si a arca do SENHOR à cidade de Davi; mas levou-a Davi à casa de Obede-Edom geteu.

11E a arca do SENHOR esteve na casa de Obede-Edom geteu três meses: e abençoou o SENHOR a Obede-Edom e a toda sua casa.

12E foi dado aviso ao rei Davi, dizendo: o SENHOR abençoou a casa de Obede-Edom, e tudo o que tem, por causa da arca de Deus. Então Davi foi, e trouxe a arca de Deus de casa de Obede-Edom à cidade de Davi com alegria.

13E quando os que levavam a arca de Deus haviam andado seis desfiladeiros, sacrificavam um boi e um carneiro gordo.

14E Davi saltava com toda sua força diante do SENHOR; e tinha vestido Davi um éfode de linho.

15Assim Davi e toda a casa de Israel levavam a arca do SENHOR com júbilo e som de trombeta.

16E quando a arca do SENHOR chegou à cidade de Davi, aconteceu que Mical filha de Saul olhou desde uma janela, e viu ao rei Davi que saltava com toda sua força diante do SENHOR: e menosprezou-lhe em seu coração.

17Meteram, pois, a arca do SENHOR, e puseram-na em seu lugar em meio de uma tenda que Davi lhe havia estendido: e sacrificou Davi holocaustos e pacíficos diante do SENHOR.

18E quando Davi acabou de oferecer os holocaustos e pacíficos, abençoou ao povo no nome do SENHOR dos exércitos.

19E repartiu a todo aquele povo, e a toda a multidão de Israel, tanto a homens como a mulheres, a cada um uma torta de pão, e um pedaço de carne, e um frasco de vinho. E foi-se todo aquele povo, cada um à sua casa.

20Voltou logo Davi para abençoar sua casa: e saindo Mical a receber a Davi, disse: Quão honrado foi hoje o rei de Israel, desnudando-se hoje diante das criadas de seus servos, como se desnudasse um vulgar!

21Então Davi respondeu a Mical: Diante do SENHOR, que me preferiu a teu pai e a toda sua casa, mandando-me que fosse príncipe sobre o povo do SENHOR, sobre Israel, dançarei diante do SENHOR.

22E ainda me farei mais vil que esta vez, e serei baixo em meus próprios olhos; e diante das criadas que disseste, diante delas serei honrado.

23E Mical filha de Saul nunca teve filhos até o dia de sua morte.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

David brings the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem. Along the way, Uzzah touches the ark to steady it and dies instantly, frightening David, who leaves the ark in the house of Obed-Edom for three months before finally bringing it into the city with great celebration.

Explanation

The ark represented God's presence among the people, and there were specific instructions for how it was to be carried (with poles, borne by Levite priests, never touched directly — see Numbers 4). Uzzah's death, though disturbing, teaches that God's holiness is not something to be handled casually, even with good intentions. When David finally follows the correct procedure, the celebration is enormous. Michal's contempt for David's exuberant dancing shows the tension between genuine devotion and social appearances — David chooses to honor God even at the risk of his royal dignity.

Fun facts

  • According to 1 Chronicles 15, the reason for Uzzah's death was precisely the improper transport of the ark on an ox cart (as the Philistines had done) instead of it being carried on the shoulders of Levites, as God had commanded.
  • Michal, Saul's daughter and David's first wife, never had children — a detail Jewish tradition interprets as a consequence of her contempt for David's exuberant worship.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. 2 Samuel 6:1David again gathers the best men of Israel, about thirty thousand, for an important mission that follows.
  2. 2 Samuel 6:2David sets out with the people to bring back the ark of God, the symbol of the presence of the LORD of hosts, who dwells between the cherubim.
  3. 2 Samuel 6:3The ark is set on a new cart and brought out of the house of Abinadab; Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, drive the cart.
  4. 2 Samuel 6:4As the cart carries the ark out of Abinadab’s house, Ahio walks in front of it.
  5. 2 Samuel 6:5David and all the house of Israel celebrate before the LORD with every kind of instrument: harps, psalteries, timbrels, cornets, and cymbals.
  6. 2 Samuel 6:6The ark was meant to be carried on the shoulders of the Levites by fixed poles, never touched directly or hauled on an ox-drawn cart—Uzzah is struck down precisely for touching it to steady it, breaking that rule in the middle of the journey, even with good intentions.
  7. 2 Samuel 6:7The anger of the LORD burns against Uzzah for this act, and he dies right there, beside the ark.
  8. 2 Samuel 6:8David is displeased over Uzzah’s death and calls that place Perez-uzzah, a name that remained to the day the text was written.
  9. 2 Samuel 6:9After what happened, David becomes afraid of the LORD and wonders whether he should really bring the ark near himself.
  10. 2 Samuel 6:10David decides not to bring the ark to the city of David for now, and leaves it at the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
  11. 2 Samuel 6:11The ark stays three months at the house of Obed-edom, and the LORD blesses him and his whole household because of it.
  12. 2 Samuel 6:12On hearing that Obed-edom was blessed because of the ark, David decides at last to bring it up to the city of David, this time with joy.
  13. 2 Samuel 6:13As soon as those carrying the ark have gone six paces, David offers sacrifices of oxen and fatlings, marking the solemnity of the moment.
  14. 2 Samuel 6:14David dances, girded with “a linen ephod,” a garment normally worn by priests, rather than royal robes—a king dancing half-dressed before the people, without the usual symbols of power, is what shocks Michal later on.
  15. 2 Samuel 6:15David and all Israel bring up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sound of the trumpet.
  16. 2 Samuel 6:16Watching David leaping and dancing before the LORD through the window, Michal, Saul’s daughter, despises him in her heart.
  17. 2 Samuel 6:17The ark is set in the tent David had pitched for it, and he offers burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
  18. 2 Samuel 6:18After offering the sacrifices, David blesses all the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
  19. 2 Samuel 6:19David gives every person in the crowd, men and women alike, a loaf of bread, a good piece of meat, and a cake of raisins, before everyone heads home.
  20. 2 Samuel 6:20Michal goes out to meet David, mocking him for dancing like “one of the vain fellows” in front of the servants’ eyes—to her, a king should keep up appearances; to David, joy before God mattered more than image.
  21. 2 Samuel 6:21David answers Michal that it was before the LORD he danced, the LORD who chose him over her father to be ruler over His people Israel—for him, the joy was before God, not a matter of royal image.
  22. 2 Samuel 6:22David goes further, saying he is willing to make himself even more lightly esteemed in his own eyes, and that it is precisely by the servants Michal mentioned that he would be held in honor.
  23. 2 Samuel 6:23The text closes Michal’s story by saying she had no child to the day of her death—without explaining whether this is a direct punishment for despising David or simply the natural result of a marriage that had by then gone cold; scholars read it differently.

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