2 Samuel
6:1-19
(2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19)
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- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
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- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and Comparative
Texts:
- Chapter CXXXII, Dialogue With Trypho, Justin Martyr. (c 160)
- Chapter XIII, Adversus Judaeos, Tertullian (c. 198)
- II.1, Paedagogus, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "Here we see the danger it is to follow good intentions, or to do anything in God's service without his express word."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "Uzzah was struck dead for touching the ark. God saw presumption and irreverence in Uzzah's heart. Familiarity, even with that which is most awful, is apt to breed contempt."
- From
Wesley's Notes.
- "Public joy should always be as before the Lord, with an eye to him, and terminating in him. Otherwise it is no better than public madness, and the source of all manner of wickedness."
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "[David's] feelings on this alarming judgment were greatly excited on various accounts, dreading that the displeasure of God had been provoked by the removal of the ark, that the punishment would be extended to himself and people, and that they might fall into some error or neglect during the further conveyance of the ark. He resolved, therefore, to wait for more light and direction as to the path of duty."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 (Pentecost 7B), Samuel Giere, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
- " The LORD's holiness, as in the ark of the LORD, is wholly other, working and affecting the world beyond the bounds of our imagination."
- "David: All Good?" Faith Element Discipleship System, "Setting the Bible Free," 2012.
- "David's Dance," John C. Holbert, Patheos, 2012.
- "Michal" Lia Scholl, The Hardest Question, 2012.
- "Literary Tool, Nagging Wife, or Real Person?"
- "Dancing Before the Lord," Lisa Moss Degrenia, 2012.
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Commentary, 2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19, Richard W. Nysse, Preaching This
Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- "Over the next three weeks, we move from a 'yes-but' narrative (2 Samuel 6) to a 'YES!' narrative (2 Samuel 7) to a 'NO!' narrative (2 Samuel 11)."
-
2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19, Pentecost 6,
2006, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Howard Wallace Audrey Schindler, Morag Logan, Paul Tonson,
Lorraine Parkinson, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne,
Australia.
- "...These references highlight the importance of the Law of God in the Ark, as representing the divine presence for Israel and the divine intention that they be united in covenant with God. For a time, David becomes the symbol of this unity."
-
2 Samuel 6:1-19, Pentecost 6,
Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure, Theological
Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting Church in
Australia.
- "David is very clever politically at this point in his career."
- "When
God Rained on David's Parade (2 Samuel 6:1-23)," by Robert Deffinbaugh at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "Uzzah is a reminder to us that God's holiness is such that sinful men cannot draw near to Him, unless He provides the means to do so."
- "From the King's Sanctuary to the Chosen City," Sarah Japhet, Judaism, 1997.
- David and Michal, from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible by Ronald L. Ecker.
- Commentary,
2 Samuel 6:1-5, 12b-19 (Pentecost 7B), Samuel Giere, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
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Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Alster, Baruch,
"Narrative Surprise in Biblical Parallels," Biblical Interpretation,
2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Dozeman, Thomas B.,
"The Priestly Vocation," Interpretation, 2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Esselstyn, Micki Bingham,
"The Angel of Joy Demands Our Participation," The Living Pulpit,
1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Firth, David G., "Shining the Lamp:
The Rhetoric of 2 Samuel 5-24," Tyndale Bulletin, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Kleven, Terence,
"Hebrew Style in 2 Samuel 6," Journal of the Evangelical Theological
Society, 1992.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Long, Thomas,
"The Fall of the House of Uzzah...and Other Difficult Preaching Texts,"
Journal for Preachers, 1983.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rosenstock, Bruce,
"David's Play: Fertility Rituals and the Glory of God in 2 Samuel 6,"
Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2006.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Rudman, Dominic,
"The Patriarchal Narratives in the Books of Samuel," Vetus
Testamentum, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Stansell, Gary,
"The Gift in Ancient Israel," Semeia, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Tidwell, N.L., "The Linen Ephod: 1 Sam. II 18 and 2 Sam. VI 14,"
Vetus Testamentum,
1974.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Van Der Toorn, Karel
and Cornelis Houtman, "David and the Ark,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 1994.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - White, Ellen,
"Michal the Misinterpreted," Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wink, June Keener,
"Joy in the Dance," The Living Pulpit, 1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wray, Judith Hoch,
"Preaching Joy," The Living Pulpit, 1996.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wright, David P.,
"Music and Dance in 2 Samuel 6,"
Journal of Biblical Literature,
2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Alster, Baruch,
"Narrative Surprise in Biblical Parallels," Biblical Interpretation,
2006.
- Sermons:
- "What are you living for that's bigger than you?" Ken Evers-Hood, Faith & Leadership, 2012.
- "David's Dance," the Rev. Beth Birkholz, Day 1, 2012.
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Proper 10B, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2012.
- "King David," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- "The Ark Is Brought To Jerusalem," children's study, puzzles, coloring sheet, etc. Higher Praise Christian Center.
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Images for this week's readings, Pitts Theology Library Digital Image Archive.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Movies scenes with the following themes, listed at The Text This Week's Movie Concordance:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of 2 Samuel
