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2 Samuel 6:13

2 Samuel 6:13
And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And David danced before the Lord with all his might,.... That is, before the ark of the Lord; not a set dance, or along with others; but he leaped and skipped as "car", a lamb, does, and that for joy…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The meaning is, not that they sacrificed oxen and fatlings every six steps, which would have been impossible, but that when - after the arrangement made by David for the Levites to carry the ark 1Ch…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Samuel 6:12-19

We have here the second attempt to bring the ark home to the city of David; and this succeeded, though the former miscarried.

I. It should seem the blessing with which the house of Obed-edom was…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

they that bare the ark of theLord] The requirements of the law were now duly observed, as is recorded at length in 1Chronicles 15, where further details are given about the preparation of a tent to…