2 Samuel 6:5-7

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. 2 Samuel 6:5 tn Heb “all the house of Israel.”
2. 2 Samuel 6:5 tc Heb “were celebrating before the Lord with all woods of fir” (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB). If the text is retained, the last expression must be elliptical, referring to musical instruments made from fir wood. But it is preferable to emend the text in light of 1 Chr 13:8, which reads “were celebrating before the Lord with all strength and with songs.”
3. 2 Samuel 6:5 tn Heb “with zithers [?] and with harps.”
4. 2 Samuel 6:5 tn That is, “sistrums” (so NAB, NIV); ASV, NASB, NRSV, CEV, NLT “castanets.”
5. 2 Samuel 6:6 tn 1 Chr 13:9 has “Kidon.”
6. 2 Samuel 6:6 tn Or “steadied.”
7. 2 Samuel 6:6 tn Heb “and Uzzah reached out toward the ark of God and grabbed it.”
8. 2 Samuel 6:7 tn Heb “and the anger of the Lord burned against Uzzah.”
9. 2 Samuel 6:7 tn Heb “God.”
10. 2 Samuel 6:7 tc Heb “there.” Since this same term occurs later in the verse it is translated “on the spot” here for stylistic reasons.
11. 2 Samuel 6:7 tc The phrase “his negligence” is absent from the LXX.