Talmud zu Schemuel I 6:19

¹⁴⁰Since the preceding paragraph speaks of the introduction of the Ark into Jerusalem, one continues with sermons about the Ark. no person in Israel was abasing himself before the Commandments more than David. Why was he abasing himself before the Commandments? Because people were looking at the Ark and dying, as it is written¹⁴¹1S. 6:19. There, it is stated explicitly, because they were staring at the Eternal’s ark.: He smote of the people of Bet Shemesh, etc. Rebbi Ḥanina and Rebbi Mana¹⁴²A different interpretation is in the Babli, Sotah 35b, also by Galilean Amoraim.. One said, He smote among the people seventy men, that is the Synhedrion. And 50’000 men¹⁴³The conjunction ו is not in the masoretic text. The quote is correct in the existing mss. (Munich and Rome) of Babli Sotah, incorrect in the Bomberg Babli of 1520–23., for they were worth 50’000. The other said, He smote among the people seventy men, that is the Synhedrion. And 50’000 men from the people of the Land. It is written^143aPs. 131.: A song of ascent of David. O Eternal, my heart was not haughty when Samuel anointed me; my eyes were not overbearing when I slew Goliath; and I did not decide on matters too great when I brought up the Ark; and wonderful for me, when He brought me back to my kingdom. But rather I prayed, and silenced my soul like a baby by its mother, like a baby my soul is for me. Like a baby delivered from his mother’s womb is my soul for me.

³⁴⁰Thr. rabba 3(38), Megillah 1:1 (מ). Rebbi Joḥanan said, from Gibbethon³⁴¹The full biblical name is spelled out in Thr. rabba. to Antipatris there were 60’000 villages. The smallest among them was Bet Shemesh, about which is written³⁴²1S. 6:19., He smote of the men of Bet Shemesh, for they looked at the Ark of the Eterna, etc. These were in one direction. If you execute this with reeds it will not carry it. Rebbi Ḥanina said, the Land of Israel folded its fist.