언약궤를 다시 모셔오다 사무엘하 6장
1. 언약궤를 옮길 준비
다윗은 약 삼만 명을 모이게 하였다. 그는 언약궤를 예루살렘으로 옮기기 위해 새 수레를 준비하고 아비나답의 아들들이 이를 몰게 했습니다.
언약궤를 이들이 몰게 한 이유는, 블레셋 땅에서 돌아온 후 기럇여아림의 아비나답 집에 장기간 보관되어 있었기 때문입니다. 사무엘상 7장 내용을 참조하시고요. 명백한 권력 이동임을 알 수 있는 대목입니다.
1.David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2. And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baal-judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim. 3 And they carried the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart, 4 with the ark of God, and Ahio went before the ark.
2. 웃사의 죽음
언약궤는 절대 손으로 건드려서는 안 된다는 명시가 있음에도 웃사는 저도 모르게 덜컹거리는 언약궤에 손을 대고 말았습니다. 그러자 웃사는 즉사했습니다. 여기서 두 가지 의문이 듭니다.
언약궤는 정말 엄청난 방사능 물질이라서 손만 대도 죽는 것일까? 하는 것이고 다른 하나는 하나님이 웃사를 바로 죽여 버린 것에 대한 잔인성 때문입니다. 신성을 위배했다고 그게 죽일 일인가 싶습니다.
5. And David and allt he house of Israel were making merry before the Lord, with songs and lyres and harps and thambourines and castanets and cymbals. 6 And when they came to the threshinf floor of Nacon, Uzzah, and God struck him down htere because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God. 8 ANd David was angry because the Lord had burst forth against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzzah, to this day. and he said, "How can the ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and all his household.
그래서 여기선 더 의문을 증폭시키는 부분이 있습니다. 아마도 웃사는 언약궤를 보관한 집안답게, 그리고 다윗 아래서 무소불위의 권력을 누릴 수 있는 집안으로 수직 상승하였습니다. 그런데 다윗이 그 꼴을 보지 못한 것이죠. 권력 암투를 여실히 느낄 수 있는 대목입니다.
물론 다윗은 웃사의 편을 드는 것처럼 신께 항의하지만 결국 이득을 보는 것은 다윗이었죠.
다윗은 이렇게 교묘하게 권력의 정점에 서게 되며 정적을 숙청하게 됩니다.
12. And it was told King David."The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing. 13 And when those who bore the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal. 14 And David danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was wearing a linen ephod. 15. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the horn.
3. 다윗의 춤과 미갈의 냉소
다윗은 무슨 흥이 그리 났던지 엄청나게 경거망동 막춤을 춘 모양입니다. 그것을 본 사울의 딸이자 다윗의 아내 미갈이 경멸했다는 표현이 나옵니다. 이를 두고 하나님 앞에서 춤추는 다윗은 신실한 믿음으로 더욱 인정을 받고 미갈은 체면 체통만 중시했다고 불임의 벌을 주었다고 합니다. 참으로 이상하죠. 모든 상황이 다윗에게만 유리하게 돌아가는 이유가 뭘까요.
16. As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart. 17. ANd they broutht in the ark of the Lord and set in its place, inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. 18 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. 19 and distributed among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, a cake of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins to each one. Then all the people departed, each to his house.
20.And David returned to bless his house hold. But Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, "How the king of Israel honoured himself today, uncovering himself today before the eyes of his servants female servants, as one of the vulgar fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!" 21. And David said to Michal, "It was before the LORD, who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me as prince over Israel, the people of the Lord-and I will make merry before the Lord-and I will make merry before the Lord. 22. I will myself yet more contemptible than this, and I will be abased in your eyes. But by the female servants of whom you have spoken, by them I shall be held in honour." 23. And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.
미갈의 냉소를 두고 다윗은 자신은 주 앞에서 더 낮아지고 천해질지도 모른다고 말하였고 미갈은 이 일로 죽는 날까지 자식을 못 낳았다고 하는데, 오히려 미갈이 더 좋은 팔자로 보이네요.