2 Samuel 6:15
in 2 Samuel 6while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn.
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ASV
So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of Jehovah with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
KJV
So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 6
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
wearing a linen ephod
on 2 Samuel 6:14-15
A linen ephod is the garment of consecrated service: the boy Samuel wore one at 1 Samuel 2:18. Now the king wears it and “danced with all his might before the LORD”. All Israel brings up the ark, the open counterpart to the fear that turned the first procession back.
This site's exposition
the sounding of the ram’s horn
The ram's horn is the shofar of Israel's feasts and battles. Matthew Henry counts it a joy for a people when worship goes forward openly under its king's favour. Barnes notes that under Saul the ark had been neglected, citing 1 Chronicles 13:3.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord,....
The public and free administration of ordinances, not only under the protection, but under the smiles, of the civil powers, is just matter of rejoicing to any people. 5. the ark was safely brought to, and honourably deposited in, the place prepared for it,
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And she despised him in her heart - When she saw him from the window, she despised him in her heart because she thought it was not honorable for the king to behave in the manner of the common people, even before the ark, and afterwards, when he went to his house, she said directly, "What was honored today.."
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
11 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְדָוִד֙ | vedavid | and David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| בֵּ֣ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| מַעֲלִ֖ים | maalim | [were] bringing up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲר֣וֹן | ʾaron | [the] ark of | H727 → | 202 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בִּתְרוּעָ֖ה | bitruah | with shouting | H8643 → | |
| וּבְק֥וֹל | uvekol | and with [the] sound of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| שׁוֹפָֽר׃ | shofar | a trumpet | H7782 → | 72 times |
וְדָוִד֙and David
vedavidH1732 →999 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
בֵּ֣ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
מַעֲלִ֖ים[were] bringing up
maalimH5927 →890 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲר֣וֹן[the] ark of
ʾaronH727 →202 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בִּתְרוּעָ֖הwith shouting
bitruahH8643 →
וּבְק֥וֹלand with [the] sound of
uvekolH6963 →506 times
שׁוֹפָֽר׃a trumpet
shofarH7782 →72 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Psalms 47:1Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.
it leads to
- Psalms 98:4
Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises!
- Jeremiah 31:7
For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’
- Psalms 106:47
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
- Psalms 46:1
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
- Revelation 19:1–2
After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
- Psalms 98:4
Through
1 Chronicles 15:25So 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.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 6:12–23
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…
- Philippians 3:3
For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
- 1 Chronicles 13:11–14
Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.
- 2 Samuel 6:12–23
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.