Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Samuel 6:8

And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah to this day.

8. was displeased ] The same word is used in 1Sa 15:11 (E. V. it grieved Samuel) to denote vexation akin to anger.

made a breach ] Broke forth upon Uzzah: the same verb as in ch. 2Sa 5:20: used in a precisely similar sense of a sudden divine judgment in Exo 19:22; Exo 19:24.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Displeased – Grief allied to anger seems to be intended. Compare 1Sa 15:11 note. On the name of the place, compare 2Sa 5:20.

Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible

David was displeased, or, grieved, both for the sin, which he acknowledgeth, 1Ch 15:2,13, and for Gods heavy judgment; whereby their hopes were dashed, and their joys interrupted, and a good subject struck dead for the circumstantial error of a pious mind, which he might possibly think harsh and very severe, and therefore be displeased or offended at this sharp providence.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah,…. He could not easily submit, and be reconciled to the providence; his heart was ready to rise up against God, and murmur at him for striking him dead in such an awful manner, for so small a matter as this might seem to be; and the rather, as this put a stop to the procession, and cast a damp upon their joy and mirth on this occasion, and might seem to be an ill omen to David, and be improved by his enemies against him:

and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah unto this day; the name he gave the place, which signifies “the breach of Uzzah”, continued to the time of writing this book.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(8) Was displeased.More exactly, was angry. The cause of his vexation was the Divine judgment upon Uzzah; yet it does not follow that he was angry with God, but rather was simply vexed and disturbed at this most untoward interruption of his plans.

Made a breach.Comp. Exo. 19:22, where the same word is used of a sudden Divine visitation upon irreverence. The phrase to this day is extremely indefinite, and might have been used either ten years or centuries after the event.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

8. David was displeased Mortified and chagrined at the sudden and unhappy interruption of the triumphal procession. Various passions for the moment revelled in his soul. He was angry with himself for neglect and carelessness in allowing the ark to be removed in this way, and afterwards, according to 1Ch 15:2; 1Ch 15:13, he said: “None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites. For because ye did it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach upon us.”

Because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah Because of the neglect and carelessness which occasioned the demand for such a judgment from the Lord. David was not angry against God, for the next verse tells us that he was afraid of him.

Made a breach Violently interposed in a sudden stroke of Divine judgment.

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

‘ And David was deeply upset, because YHWH had broken forth on Uzzah, and he called that place Perets-uzzah, to this day.’

Understandably David was ‘deeply upset’ (or ‘smouldered’) at what had happened (the root of the verb is ‘to glow, be on fire’). It is doubtful if in context we should translate it as ‘angry’ here although it can undoubtedly mean that on other occasions. If we do we must see the anger as directed against Uzzah for daring to touch the Ark, or against those who had failed to inform him of the special arrangements necessary for bearing the Ark. For in his religious soul he would have been as appalled as anyone else at what Uzzah had done. He certainly would not have blamed YHWH, (Whose instructions, when looked into, were perfectly clear). The thought here is rather of the deep, overwhelming effect that what had happened had had on him. Indeed he was so deeply troubled and perplexed that he was unsure of what to do next. His question was, ‘What should I do now?’

And that deep disturbance at the fact that YHWH had ‘broken forth’ (perets) on Uzzah was reflected in the fact that he gave a new name to the spot where it had happened, naming it perets-uzzah, ‘the breaking forth on Uzzah’.

Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett

2Sa 6:8. And David was displeased Rather was afflicted; was much distressed.

REFLECTIONS.1. Every stroke upon others for their sin, should be a warning to us to repent of our own. 2. If the breach between the broken law of a holy God, and a sinful soul, be not healed by the Lord Jesus Christ, an everlasting monument will remain of God’s inexorable justice upon the sinner. 3. Obed-edom was no loser by his blessed visitant. He welcomed the ark to his house, notwithstanding the terrible judgments which had overtaken those who irreverently treated it. He knew that if he avoided their sin, he need not fear their punishment; and God rewarded him in a remarkable blessing on himself and household; so that in the three months that the ark continued with him, everything prospered. Note; (1.) None ever lost by fidelity to God. Godliness hath the promise of the life which now is, as well as of that which is to come. (2.) It is a blessing to dwell under a good man’s roof, for all who are about him are the better for him. (3.) All our prosperity must be ascribed to God; and when he adds to all a thankful heart, then we are blessed indeed!

Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke

(8) And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.

Is not this an awful account of David? Was he displeased with God? Shall not the judge of all the earth do right? How different was Aaron’s behaviour at the death of his two sons, Aaron held his peace. Lev 10:3 . David had other thoughts under the humbling providence afterwards, when driven from his throne by his ungodly son. Here I am (said David) let the Lord do to me as seemeth good unto him, 2Sa 15:26 . But poor man, like another Jonah, when grace was not in exercise, he ventured to arraign God’s proceedings. But how gently did the Lord deal with David; and how graciously did he expostulate with Jonah! See Jon 4:9 . Perez-uzzah, means the breach of Uzzah.

Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

2Sa 6:8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.

Ver. 8. And David was displeased, ] a He was in a pet, in a passion, in a fit of discontent, if he could have told at whom or at what: and how untowardly spake he, as if the fault were more in God than in himself! Dogs in a chase bark at their own masters sometimes. It troubled David that all the people’s joy should be so suddenly dashed and damped with this sad disaster; and he had somewhat to do to strike sail and stoop.

a Et exarsit Davidi, sc., nasus; quae est descriptio irae. – Pisc.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)