2 Samuel 6:3

Schlachter Bibel

Und sie setzten die Lade auf einen neuen Wagen und holten sie aus dem Hause Abinadabs, das auf dem Hügel war. Ussa aber und Achio, die Söhne Abinadabs, lenkten den neuen Wagen.

Parallel Translations

Elberfelder Bibel (1905)
Und sie stellten die Lade Gottes auf einen neuen Wagen, und brachten sie aus dem Hause Abinadabs weg, das auf dem H�gel war; und Ussa und Achjo, die S�hne Abinadabs, f�hrten den neuen Wagen.

Lutherbible (1912)
Und sie ließen die Lade Gottes führen auf einen neuen Wagen und holten sie aus dem Hause Abinadabs, der auf dem Hügel wohnte. Usa aber und Ahjo, die Söhne Abinadabs, trieben den neuen Wagen.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

set: etc. Heb. made the ark of God to ride, Numbers 4:5-12, Numbers 7:9, 1 Samuel 6:7

Gibeah: or, the hill

Reciprocal: Exodus 37:5 - General Joshua 3:3 - the priests Judges 20:28 - Shall I yet 1 Samuel 6:11 - they laid 1 Samuel 7:1 - Abinadab 1 Chronicles 13:7 - in a new cart 1 Chronicles 15:13 - ye did it

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they set the ark of God upon a new cart,.... Which was a great mistake, since it ought not to have been put upon a cart, old or new; it was to be borne upon men's shoulders, and carried by Levites only, and those of the family of Kohath, to whom no wagons were given, when others had them, for the above reason, Numbers 7:9; it is strange that so many priests and Levites, and of the people of Israel gathered together on that account, and David also, so well versed in the law of God, should not refer to it; perhaps they were led by the example of the Philistines, who put it in a new cart, and set it forward towards Bethshemesh, and were not punished for it; but it should have been considered they were an ignorant Heathen people, and who had no proper persons among them to bear it, and so might be dispensed with. This mistake was afterwards seen by David, and rectified, 1 Chronicles 15:2; wherefore there is no reason to charge the text with an error or escape, and that the word "Kirjathjearim" is wanting, and to be supplied, as Spinosa d suggests:

and brought it out, or "after they had brought it out" e,

of the house of Abinadab that [was] in Gibeah; or which was on the hill in Kirjathjearim, 1 Samuel 7:1;

and Uzzah and Ahio the sons of Abinadab drew the new cart; perhaps not only Abinadab himself was dead, but Eleazar also, his eldest son, who was sanctified to keep the ark, as in 1 Samuel 7:1; and these might be his younger sons who at this time had the care of it, and it may be especially Uzzah.

d Tractat. Theol. Politic. c. 9. p. 176. e וישאהו "quum extulissent", Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The house of Abinadab in Gibeah - . Rather, on the hill (as in margin and 1 Samuel 7:1). It does not at all follow that Abinadab was still alive, nor can we conclude from Uzzah and Ahio being called sons of Abinadab, that they were literally his children. They may well have been sons of Eleazar and grandsons of Abinadab, or yet more remote descendants; since there is no distinct evidence that Abinadab was alive even when the ark was brought to Kirjath-jearim. The house may have retained the name of “the house of Abinadab” long after his death.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 6:3. A new cart — Every thing used in the worship of God was hallowed or set apart for that purpose: a new cart was used through respect, as that had never been applied to any profane or common purpose. But this was not sufficient, for the ark should have been carried on the shoulders of the priests; and the neglect of this ceremony was the cause of the death of Uzzah.