2 Samuel 6:9

American Standard Version (1901)

And David was afraid of Jehovah that day; and he said, How shall the ark of Jehovah come unto me?

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  • Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; And I am afraid of thy judgments.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, Jehovah of hosts.
  • Luke 5:8-9 : 8 But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 9 For he was amazed, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken;
  • 1 Pet 3:6 : 6 as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose children ye now are, if ye do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.
  • Num 17:12-13 : 12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. 13 Every one that cometh near, that cometh near unto the tabernacle of Jehovah, dieth: shall we perish all of us?
  • 1 Sam 5:10-11 : 10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. 11 They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that is slay us not, and our people. For there was a deadly discomfiture throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
  • 1 Sam 6:20 : 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!
  • 1 Chr 13:11-12 : 11 And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzza; and he called that place Perez-uzza, unto this day. 12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
  • Job 25:5-6 : 5 Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight: 6 How much less man, that is a worm! And the son of man, that is a worm!

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  • 1 Chr 13:9-13
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    9And when they came unto the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.

    10And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put forth his hand to the ark; and there he died before God.

    11And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzza; and he called that place Perez-uzza, unto this day.

    12And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?

    13So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

  • 2 Sam 6:10
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    10So David would not remove the ark of Jehovah unto him into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

  • 2 Sam 6:6-8
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    6And when they came to the threshing-floor of Nacon, Uzzah put forth [his hand] to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen stumbled.

    7And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.

    8And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzzah; and he called that place Perez-uzzah, unto this day.

  • 2 Sam 6:2-4
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    2And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him, from Baale-judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, which is called by the Name, even the name of Jehovah of hosts that [ sitteth [above] the cherubim.

    3And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.

    4And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was in the hill, with the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.

  • 1 Chr 21:30
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    30But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.

  • 2 Sam 6:12-17
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    12And it was told king David, saying, Jehovah hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. And David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with joy.

    13And it was so, that, when they that bare the ark of Jehovah had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.

    14And David danced before Jehovah with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

    15So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of Jehovah with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.

    16And it was so, as the ark of Jehovah came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Jehovah; and she despised him in her heart.

    17And they brought in the ark of Jehovah, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.

  • 1 Chr 13:6-7
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    6And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is], to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God Jehovah that sitteth [above] the cherubim, [ that is called by the Name.

    7And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, [and brought it] out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.

  • 1 Sam 18:12
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    12And Saul was afraid of David, because Jehovah was with him, and was departed from Saul.

  • 1 Sam 4:6-7
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    6And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of Jehovah was come into the camp.

    7And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
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    10And David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 21:12
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    12And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 18:15
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    15And when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.

  • 1 Chr 15:1-3
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    1And [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

    2Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

    3And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto its place, which he had prepared for it.

  • 1 Sam 6:1-2
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    1And the ark of Jehovah was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

    2And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of Jehovah? show us wherewith we shall sent it to its place.

  • 1 Sam 6:20
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    20And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

  • 1 Chr 14:17
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    17And the fame of David went out into all lands; and Jehovah brought the fear of him upon all nations.

  • 2 Sam 1:14
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    14And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to put forth thy hand to destroy Jehovah's anointed?

  • 1 Chr 15:25
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    25So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.

  • 1 Sam 21:1
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    1Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?

  • 2 Sam 7:18
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    18Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Lord Jehovah, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?

  • 1 Sam 23:3
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    3And David's men said unto him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

  • 1 Chr 17:1
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    1And it came to pass, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Jehovah [dwelleth] under curtains.

  • 1 Sam 5:7
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    7And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us; for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god.

  • 1 Sam 14:18
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    18And Saul said unto Ahijah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was [there] at that time with the children of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 16:1
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    1And they brought in the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before God.

  • 2 Chr 1:4
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    4But the ark of God had David brought up from Kiriath-jearim to [the place] that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

  • 1 Sam 17:11
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    11And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

  • 1 Chr 17:16
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    16Then David the king went in, and sat before Jehovah; and he said, Who am I, O Jehovah God, and what is my house, that thou hast brought me thus far?

  • 1 Chr 13:3
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    3and let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we sought not unto it in the days of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 4:3
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    3And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of Shiloh unto us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.

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    9And see; if it goeth up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.

  • 1 Sam 28:5
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    5And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.