1) the elctionary omits Uzzah getting zapped. It is a prime example of the sphere of hoiness being dangerous.See 1 Sam.6:19 that is like Raiders of the Lost Ark.

2) My teachers, roberts and Miller wrote The Hand of the Lord as part of an 'ark narrative," but saw this section as separate from 1 Sam. 4-6.

3)Psalm 132 may be connected to this passage.

4) Just as jerusalem helps legitamate and stabilize the new ruler, so could the liturgical act of bringing in the ark.

5)Birch in NIB 1247 notes that Brueggemann sees a mixture of calculation and piety in Davi dhere.

6) Yet another Princeton teacher, Seow sees elements of a ritual drama being performed here in his Myth, drama, and Poitics of david's dance bbok.

7) What happened between Michal and Dabvid. after all, she was stripped of herDavid, married to another, stripped of that love. Now she sneers. See Telling queen Michal's Story and Exum's article on her in Pleasure of her Text. Se Alter Art of Bib. Narrative on this and notes in is David Story, p.229

8)See Ex. 25 for a description of the ark a spresence of god. Recall that the hos tis a divine army.

9) David dances. one could use this as a form of enacted prayer.

10) David is afriad of its power, places it somewhere else, then moves when blessing is asso ciated with it.

11)I cannot tell if god or david's ascension to the throne or both si celebrated here.