Sunday Sermonette: A very strange story

2 Samuel 6 accomplishes the historically important task of getting the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, but it does it in a very strange way. Some of the events in this story are absurd, others inexplicable. I ' m sure the theologians have come up with interpretations, but your is probably just as good.6 David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.2 And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Ba ′ale-judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of theLord of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim.3 And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abin ′adab which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahi′o,[a] the sons of Abin ′adab, were driving the new cart[b]4 with the ark of God; and Ahi ′o[c] went before the ark.5 And David and all the house of Israel were making merry before theLord with all their might, with songs[d] and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.6 And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled.7 And the anger of theLord was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there because he put forth his hand to the ark;[e] and he died there beside the ark of God.8 Really. The guy rescues the ark from falling because the oxen stumbled, so God kills him. David, understandably, draws the lesson that he prob...
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