When Uzzah was struck down by God because of his irreverence in moving the ark David took notice. David’s fear of God did not paralyze him; instead it drove him to find out how he had failed to honor God. In the beginning of chapter 15 we see that David’s fear had produced fruit. Verses 2, 12, and 13 show that David had found his transgression and the way to remedy their errors. We don’t know how David discovered the truth; whether he searched the Law for the problem or had his chief scribe conduct the search. But we do know that someone read Number chapter 4 and found that the ark was to covered by the priest and carried by the Levites. We know this because that is what David instructed the Levites to do. David showed himself to be a king more concerned with following God’s will, in even the smallest detail, than doing what was easy or seemed best to him.
Stuart
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