Synopsis of the Chapter
David, bringing back the ark from Kiriath-jearim, sings psalms and dances before it. Uzzah, touching the ark, is struck dead. The ark, turning aside into the house of Obed-edom, blesses it.
Verse 5: From the Shihor of Egypt ¶
5. FROM THE SHIHOR OF EGYPT. — Shihor in Hebrew is שיהור Sichor, that is, black. The Nile is so called because its water, being muddy and turbid, appears to be black. Hence by the Greeks it is called melas, that is, black; but since the Nile is far from Judea, it is better to understand by Shihor the stream near Rhinocolura, which is the southern boundary of Judea, and elsewhere is called "the brook of Egypt," about which I spoke at Numbers chapter 34, verse 5.
Verse 7: Uzzah and His Brother ¶
7. AND UZZAH AND HIS BROTHER. — In 2 Kings 6:3, it reads: "Uzzah and Ahio," but Ahio in Hebrew means the same as "his brother," and indeed this Ahio was the brother of Uzzah: for both were sons of Abinadab, as is said there. Chidon was called by another name, Nachon, as appears from 2 Kings 6:6.