2 Samuel 6:18

2 Samuel 6:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.
• New International Version (NIV)After he had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord Almighty.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when David had finished offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.

Context of 2 Samuel 6:18

16While they were bringing the Lord's Covenant Box into the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked out through a window. She saw what King David was doing. He was jumping and dancing to worship the Lord. Michal felt ashamed of him. 17David had put up a special tent for the Covenant Box, so they took it there. They put it in its place inside the tent. Then David offered burnt offerings and friendship offerings to the Lord. After David had offered those sacrifices, he prayed that the Lord Almighty would bless the people. 19Then he gave a gift to every man and woman in the crowd of Israelite people. Each person received a loaf of bread, some dates and some raisins. Then all the people went to their homes. 20David returned to his home to bless his own family. As he arrived, Saul's daughter Michal came out to meet him. She said, ‘The king of Israel has brought honour to himself today, has he? No, he has brought shame on himself! Even your officers' slave girls have seen how stupid you are. You have made your body bare like a useless fool!’

2 Samuel 6:18 word by word

וַיְכַ֣ל דָּוִ֔ד מֵהַעֲל֥וֹת הָעוֹלָ֖ה וְהַשְּׁלָמִ֑ים וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם בְּשֵׁ֖ם יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And as soon as Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• had made an endכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: finishH3615
• of offeringעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: offer upH5927
• burnt offeringsעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• and peace offeringsשֶׁ֫לֶםshelem · peace offeringH8002
• he blessedבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• in the nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 6:18

• 1 Kings 8:55When he stood up, he asked God to bless all the people in Israel. He said with a loud voice,
• 1 Chronicles 16:2After David had offered those sacrifices, he prayed that the Lord would bless the people.
• 2 Chronicles 6:3While all the Israelite people stood there, the king turned round towards them. He prayed that God would bless them.
• 2 Chronicles 30:18Most of the people who came from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun had not made themselves properly clean. They should not have eaten the Passover meal, because God's law said that was wrong. But they still ate the meal. So Hezekiah prayed for them. He said, ‘Lord you are good. Please forgive everyone
• Acts 3:26God chose Jesus to be his special servant. God sent him to you first. He wants to help you, so that you stop doing bad things. That is how he will bless you.’
• Genesis 14:19He blessed Abram. He said, ‘I pray that the Most High God who made heaven and earth will bless Abram.
• Exodus 39:43Moses carefully checked all the work. He saw that the workers had done it exactly as the Lord had commanded them. When Moses saw this, he blessed the people.
• Leviticus 9:22When Aaron had finished burning the gifts, he lifted up his hands over the people. He had sacrificed the sin offering, the burnt offering and the friendship offering. Then he asked God to do good things for the people. And Aaron came down from the altar.
• Hebrews 7:1Melchizedek was the king of a city called Salem. He was also a priest of God who rules over all. Melchizedek met Abraham when Abraham was returning from a war. Abraham's men had just won a battle against four kings with their armies. At that time, Melchizedek asked God to bless Abraham.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 6:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18He blessed the people in the name of the Lord - David acted here as priest, for it was the general prerogative of the priests to bless the people, but it appears, by both David and Solomon, that it was the prerogative of the kings also.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18He blessed the people - So did Solomon 1 Kings 8:14.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-19Verses 12-19 It became evident, that happy was the man who had the ark near him. Christ is indeed a Stone of stumbling, and a Rock of offence, to those that are disobedient; but to those that believe, he is a Corner-stone, elect, precious, 1Pe 2:6-8. Let us be religious. Is the ark a blessing to others' houses? We may have it, and the blessing of it, without fetching it away from our neighbours. David, at first setting out, offered sacrifices to God. We…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18blessed the people: Blessing the people was usually the role of priests. However, kings also gave blessings at important national events. This happened with Solomon and with Hezekiah (1 Kings 8:14, 55; 2 Chronicles 6:3; 2 Chronicles 31:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. he blessed the people--in the double character of prophet and king (see 1Ki 8:55, 56). [See on 1Ch 16:2.]Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings