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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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…
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…
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…
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…
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