Wesley Corpus

The ark - Which was there in the city of David, 2Sam 6:17, before which he presented himself in a way of holy adoration. Burnt offerings - Chiefly for the expiation of his and his peoples sin, through the blood of Christ, manifestly signified in these sacrifices. Peace offerings - Solemnly to praise God for all his mercies, and especially for giving him quiet possession of the kingdom, and for his glorious appearance to him in the dream, and for the promise therein made to him, and the actual accomplishment of it. Harlots - Or, victuallers: for the Hebrew words signifies both. Yet that they are unmarried persons, seems probable, both because there is no mention of any husbands, whose office it was, if there were any such, to contest for their wives; and because they lived a solitary life in one house. Overlaid it - And so smothered it: which she justly conjectures, because there were evidences of that kind of death, but no appearance of any other cause thereof. Said - Though with a design far above the reach of the two women, or of the people present, who probably with horror expected the execution of it. She is the mother - As is evident from her natural affection to the child, which she had rather have given away from her, than destroyed. Wisdom of God - Divine wisdom with which God had inspired him for the government of his people.