Because you did not carry it at the first, the LORD our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance."Interesting phrasing here. First, what happened is termed an outburst. They had the Ark on a cart instead of being carried. When they hit a bump in the road, it almost knocked the Ark off. One of the men on the cart reached back to steady it, and God struck him dead. I suppose that could be called an outburst.
Also, it's interesting how David terms moving the Ark to Jerusalem as seeking God. That's not a way of thinking that I've heard before. They're moving the object that God indwells, for lack of a better word, to their capitol. This way it is close to the seat of government, and easier for the people to see and remember. This nearness being thought of as seeking God is a perspective that hadn't occurred to me before. In modern Christianity, since God is omnipresent, we tend not to think much more about one place than another, except maybe church. If we looked at going to church as seeking God, would it change our behavior any?
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