旧约 - 撒母耳记下(2 Samuel)第6章

David again brought together out of Israel chosen men, thirty thousand in all.
He and all his men set out from Baalah of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name, the name of the LORD Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on the ark.
They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart
with the ark of God on it, and Ahio was walking in front of it.
David and the whole house of Israel were celebrating with all their might before the LORD, with songs and with harps, lyres, tambourines, sistrums and cymbals.
When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled.
The LORD'S anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act; therefore God struck him down and he died there beside the ark of God.
Then David was angry because the LORD'S wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.
David was afraid of the LORD that day and said, "How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?"
He was not willing to take the ark of the LORD to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
The ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed him and his entire household.
Now King David was told, "The LORD has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and everything he has, because of the ark of God." So David went down and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with rejoicing.
When those who were carrying the ark of the LORD had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.
David, wearing a linen ephod, danced before the LORD with all his might,
while he and the entire house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouts and the sound of trumpets.
As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she despised him in her heart.
They brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the LORD.
After he had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD Almighty.
Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each person in the whole crowd of Israelites, both men and women. And all the people went to their homes.
When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, "How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, disrobing in the sight of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!"
David said to Michal, "It was before the LORD, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the LORD'S people Israel--I will celebrate before the LORD.
I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor."
And Michal daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.
撒母耳记下第六章   第 6 章 

  撒下 6:3> 有什么比与神同在的祝福更好? 

  6:3 神的约柜是以色列民族的国宝,平常放置在会幕之中。它被非利士人短期掳去,又再送回以后(参撒上 4:1-7:2 ),就一直搁在亚比拿达的家中达二十年之久。大卫看到神赐福给亚比拿达,因此决定将约柜运回耶路撒冷,好使全族蒙福(参出 37:1 和书 3:2-4 的注释)。 

  抨击神所立的领袖 

  撒下 6:6-7> 神的严厉叫我害怕,难道我这么热心还不够吗? 

  6:6-7 乌撒只是想保护约柜,神向他发怒公平吗?民数记 4 章 5 至 15 节记载,只有利末人可以搬运约柜,用杠穿上扛抬──不可摸约柜本身,摸约柜(圣物)即触犯了以色列人的律法(参民 4:15 )。神的行动既针对大卫,又针对乌撒。大卫仿效非利士人,将约柜放在牛车上(参撒上 6:7-8 ),而不照神的吩咐,乌撒即使出于忠诚,想保护约柜,仍须承担摸圣物得罪神的后果。乌撒可能不是利未人,大卫本想藉此叫以色列人归向神,与神重建关系,但神以严厉的行动叫全族谨记,对祂热心也必须按祂的律法行事。大卫再一次将约柜运到耶路撒冷时,就完全地依照了神的指示,小心翼翼地办理(参代上 15:1-15 )。 

  米甲 

  撒下 6:8-12> 热心事奉神也会遭祂惩罚,这里有些什么教训? 

  6:8-12 乌撒出于善意却被杀,冲散了大卫运回约柜的喜悦( 6:8 )。他一定知道错在自己轻率地搬运约柜。冷静下来以后,大卫将约柜暂时存放在别处,等待看耶和华是否准许他将约柜运到耶路撒冷,同时也给他时间来思考正确的搬运方法。神赐福给俄别以东全家一事,给大卫以征兆,可以再次将约柜运到耶路撒冷。 

  撒下 6:14> 大卫一身的衣着有何特别的含意? 

  6:14 大卫穿着祭司的外袍、细麻布的以弗得,可能因为那是宗教庆典。 

  撒下 6:16-23> 让苦涩沉淀在内心,可能会化为严重的伤害。我有否留意心中的沉淀物? 

  6:16 -23 米 甲 本来是大卫的元配,但这里称她为扫罗的女儿,可能是为突出她的态度与她父亲相似。她轻看大卫,可能不是始于今次的入城仪式,也许她认为作君王的大卫,在全国都不重视公众敬拜的时候如此投入,实在有失尊严,又或者以为作君王的如此流露情怀不合体统,也可能憎恨大卫把她从帕铁家中要回来(参 3:13-14 的注释)。不管是什么原因,她对丈夫的轻视升级为针锋相对,结果终生不育。如果不抑制苦毒与憎恨的情绪,就会破坏人际关系;要调整你的情绪,免得演变成公开的对抗。 

  撒下 6:17> 大卫的献祭方式是怎样的? 

  6:17 只有祭司可以将祭物献在祭坛上。利未记说,凡是在礼仪上洁净之人,可以协助祭司献祭(参书 3:5 ;撒上 20:26 的注释)。大卫献祭时可能有祭司在旁协助,后来所罗门也是照样做的(参王上 8:62-65 )。──《灵修版圣经注释》