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2 Samuel 6:12

in 2 Samuel 6

Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And it was told king David, saying, Jehovah hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. And David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with joy.

KJV

And it was told king David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of Obed–edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed–edom into the city of David with gladness.

This verse in 2 Samuel 6

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

So David - brought up the ark - The Vulgate adds to this verse: And David had seven choirs, and a calf for a sacrifice. The Septuagint make a greater addition: “And he had seven choirs carrying the ark, a sacrifice, a calf, and lambs.

This site's exposition

The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom

on 2 Samuel 6:12-13

David goes up a second time “with rejoicing”. The parallel at 1 Chronicles 15:15 states: “the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded”. The change of method marks the difference between this procession and the one that ended at Perez-uzzah.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was an evidence that the ark was not such a burdensome stone as it was taken to be, but, on the contrary, happy was the man that had it near him. Christ is indeed a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, to those that are disobedient; but to those who believe he is a corner-stone, elect, precious, 1 Pet. ii.
And it was told King David,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

It was transported now on the shoulders of the priests, who had been carefully prepared for the work, and the procession was distinguished by extraordinary solemnities and demonstrations of joy.
With gladness - Especially with joyful music and song (1Ch 15:16, etc.).

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

And Hashem blessed. His wife and her eight daughters-in-law each gave birth to six children in one stomach. Pregnancy. as it is said, (Divrei Hayomim I,:5–8) "Poualti, the eigth. Child of Oveid Edom. … sixty-two [belonging] to Oveid Edom. 11 See Berachos 63b.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Samuel 6:11:1, via Sefaria, The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

29 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֻּגַּ֗דand it was told

    vaiyugadH5046 →370 times

  • לַמֶּ֣לֶךְto the king

    lamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • דָּוִד֮David

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • לֵאמֹר֒<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

  • בֵּרַ֣ךְhe has blessed

    berakhH1288 →330 times

  • יְהוָ֗הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בֵּ֨ית[the] household of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • עֹבֵ֤דObed-

    ʾovedH5654 →40 times

  • אֱדֹם֙Edom

    ʾedomH5654 →40 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־that

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • ל֔וֹ[belongs] to <the> him

    lo

  • בַּעֲב֖וּרforsake of

    baavurH5668 →49 times

  • אֲר֣וֹן[the] ark of

    ʾaronH727 →202 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים<the> God

    haelohimH430 →2601 times

  • וַיֵּ֣לֶךְand he went

    vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times

  • דָּוִ֗דDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • וַיַּעַל֩and he brought up

    vaiyaalH5927 →890 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • אֲר֨וֹן[the] ark of

    ʾaronH727 →202 times

  • הָאֱלֹהִ֜ים<the> God

    haelohimH430 →2601 times

  • מִבֵּ֨יתfrom [the] house of

    mibeitH1004 →2046 times

  • עֹבֵ֥דObed-

    ʾovedH5654 →40 times

  • אֱדֹ֛םEdom

    ʾedomH5654 →40 times

  • עִ֥יר[the] city of

    ʾirH5892 →1090 times

  • דָּוִ֖דDavid

    davidH1732 →999 times

  • בְּשִׂמְחָֽה׃with rejoicing

    besimchahH8057 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Matthew 10:42

    And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 6:10

      For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

    • Matthew 25:40

      And the King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’

    • Mark 9:41–42

      Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.

    • Matthew 18:10

      See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

    • 2 Corinthians 9:6–15

      Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.

  • Through

    1 Kings 8:1

    At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion,…

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 5:2–10

      At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City…

    • 1 Chronicles 15:25

      So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.

    • 2 Samuel 6:12–17

      Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark…

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and W. G. Blaikie, The Second Book of Samuel (Expositor's Bible).