Passage Research
2 Samuel 6 — Sermon Preparation
David brings the ark to Jerusalem with great celebration, dancing before it in linen, but Michal despises his display and is left childless to the end of her life. Below is a research summary for 2 Samuel 6, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 23
- verses
- 377 / 145
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 10
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
2 Samuel 6 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| דָּוִד | Dâvid | H1732 | 22 | David |
| אָרוֹן | ʼârôwn | H727 | 15 | box |
| עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם | ʻÔbêd ʼĔdôwm | H5654 | 10 | Obed-Edom |
| עֻזָּא | ʻUzzâʼ | H5798 | 4 | Uzza, Uzzah |
| מִיכָל | Mîykâl | H4324 | 4 | Mikal |
| אֲבִינָדָב | ʼĂbîynâdâb | H41 | 3 | Abinadab |
| עָלָה | ʻâlâh | H5927 | 5 | ascend, high |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on 2 Samuel 6, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“David returned to bless his household, to pray with them, and for them, and to offer up family thanksgiving for this national mercy. It is angels' work to worship God, surely that cannot lower the greatest of men. But even the palaces of princes are not free from family troubles. Exercises of religion appear mean in the eyes of those who have little or no religion themselves. If we can approve ourselves to God in what we do in religion, and do it as before the Lord, we need not heed reproach. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Samuel 6:20–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- City of David— 2 Sam 6:10
- Gath 3— 2 Sam 6:10
- Baale-judah— 2 Sam 6:2
- Gibeah 1— 2 Sam 6:3
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