2 Samuel 6:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the ark of the Lord was in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months: and the Lord sent a blessing on Obed-edom and all his family.

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  • Gen 30:27 : 27 And Laban said, If you will let me say so, do not go away; for I have seen by the signs that the Lord has been good to me because of you.
  • Gen 39:5 : 5 And from the time when he made him overseer and gave him control of all his property, the blessing of the Lord was with the Egyptian, because of Joseph; the blessing of the Lord was on all he had, in the house and in the field.
  • Gen 39:23 : 23 And the keeper of the prison gave no attention to anything which was under his care, because the Lord was with him; and the Lord made everything he did go well.
  • Prov 3:9-9 : 9 Give honour to the Lord with your wealth, and with the first-fruits of all your increase: 10 So your store-houses will be full of grain, and your vessels overflowing with new wine.
  • Mal 3:10 : 10 Let your tenths come into the store-house so that there may be food in my house, and put me to the test by doing so, says the Lord of armies, and see if I do not make the windows of heaven open and send down such a blessing on you that there is no room for it.

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  • 1 Chr 13:12-14
    3 verses
    93%

    12 And so great was David's fear of God that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

    13 So David did not let the ark come back to him to the town of David, but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

    14 And the ark of God was in the house of Obed-edom for three months; and the Lord sent a blessing on the house of Obed-edom and on all he had.

  • 2 Sam 6:12-15
    4 verses
    84%

    12 And they said to King David, The blessing of the Lord is on the family of Obed-edom and on all he has, because of the ark of God. And David went and took the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the town of David with joy.

    13 And when those who were lifting the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, he made an offering of an ox and a fat young beast.

    14 And David, clothed in a linen ephod, was dancing before the Lord with all his strength.

    15 So David and all the men of Israel took up the ark of the Lord with cries of joy and sounding of horns.

  • 2 Sam 6:9-10
    2 verses
    84%

    9 And such was David's fear of the Lord that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

    10 So David did not let the ark of the Lord come back to him to the town of David: but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

  • 1 Sam 6:1
    76%

    1 Now the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines for seven months.

  • 1 Chr 15:25
    75%

    25 So David, and the responsible men of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went with joy to get the ark of the agreement of the Lord out of the house of Obed-edom.

  • 1 Sam 7:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 So the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord to the house of Abinadab in Gibeah, and they made his son Eleazar holy and put the ark in his care.

    2 And the ark was in Kiriath-jearim for a long time, as much as twenty years: and all Israel was searching after the Lord with weeping.

  • 2 Sam 6:17
    70%

    17 And they took in the ark of the Lord, and put it in its place inside the tent which David had put up for it: and David made burned offerings and peace-offerings to the Lord.

  • 2 Sam 6:2-4
    3 verses
    69%

    2 And David, and all the people who were with him, went to Baal of Judah to get the ark of God, over which the holy name is named, the name of the Lord of armies, whose place is between the winged ones.

    3 And they put the ark of God on a new cart and took it out of the house of Abinadab which was on the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were the drivers of the cart.

    4 And Uzzah went by the side of the ark, while Ahio went before it.

  • 2 Sam 15:29
    69%

    29 So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem, and did not go away from there.

  • 1 Chr 15:1-3
    3 verses
    69%

    1 And David made houses for himself in the town of David; and he got ready a place for the ark of God, and put up a tent for it.

    2 Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever.

    3 And David made all Israel come together at Jerusalem, to take the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had got ready for it.

  • 2 Chr 6:11
    68%

    11 And there I have put the ark, in which is the agreement of the Lord, which he made with the people of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 6:6
    68%

    6 And when they came to Nacon's grain-floor, Uzzah put his hand on the ark of God to keep it safe in its place, for the oxen were out of control.

  • Num 10:33
    68%

    33 So they went forward three days' journey from the mountain of the Lord; and the ark of the Lord's agreement went three days' journey before them, looking for a resting-place for them;

  • 1 Sam 6:13
    68%

    13 And the people of Beth-shemesh were cutting their grain in the valley, and lifting up their eyes they saw the ark and were full of joy when they saw it.

  • 2 Chr 1:4
    68%

    4 But the ark of God had been moved by David from Kiriath-jearim to the place which he had made ready for it, for he had put up a tent for it at Jerusalem.

  • Josh 6:11
    67%

    11 So he made the ark of the Lord go all round the town once: then they went back to the tents for the night.

  • 1 Chr 16:1
    67%

    1 Then they took in the ark of God and put it inside the tent which David had put up for it; and they made offerings, burned offerings and peace-offerings before God.

  • 1 Chr 13:6-7
    2 verses
    67%

    6 And David went up, with all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim in Judah, to get up from there the ark of God, over which the holy Name is named, the name of the Lord whose place is between the winged ones.

    7 And they put the ark of God on a new cart, and took it out of the house of Abinadab; and Uzza and Ahio were the drivers of the cart.

  • 1 Sam 6:15
    67%

    15 Then the Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest in which were the gold images, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh made burned offerings and gave worship that day before the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 8:3
    67%

    3 And all the responsible men of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

  • 1 Sam 5:1-2
    2 verses
    67%

    1 Now the Philistines, having taken the ark of God, took it with them from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.

    2 They took the ark of God into the house of Dagon and put it by the side of Dagon.

  • 1 Sam 5:7-8
    2 verses
    67%

    7 And when the men of Ashdod saw how it was, they said, Let not the ark of the God of Israel be with us, for his hand is hard on us and on Dagon our god.

    8 So they sent for all the lords of the Philistines to come together there, and said, What are we to do with the ark of the God of Israel? And their answer was, Let the ark of the God of Israel be taken away to Gath. So they took the ark of the God of Israel away.

  • Josh 3:3
    66%

    3 Giving the people their orders, and saying, When you see the ark of the agreement of the Lord your God lifted up by the priests, the Levites, then get up from your places and go after it;

  • 1 Chr 16:37
    66%

    37 So he made Asaph and his brothers keep their places there before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, to do whatever had to be done before the ark at all times day by day:

  • 1 Chr 13:9
    66%

    9 And when they came to the grain-floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to keep the ark in its place, for the oxen were slipping.

  • 2 Sam 15:24
    66%

    24 Then Zadok came, and Abiathar, and with them the ark of God's agreement: and they put down the ark of God, till all the people from the town had gone by.

  • 1 Chr 17:1
    66%

    1 Now when David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, See, I am living in a house of cedar-wood, but the ark of the Lord's agreement is under the curtains of a tent.

  • 1 Chr 6:31
    66%

    31 And these are those whom David made responsible for the music in the house of the Lord, after the ark had rest.

  • 1 Sam 6:8-9
    2 verses
    66%

    8 And put the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the gold images which you are sending as a sin-offering in a chest by its side; and send it away so that it may go.

    9 If it goes by the land of Israel to Beth-shemesh, then this great evil is his work; but if not, then we may be certain that the evil was not his doing, but was the working of chance.

  • 1 Chr 15:15
    66%

    15 And the sons of the Levites took up the ark of God, lifting it by its rods, as the Lord had said to Moses.

  • 1 Sam 6:11
    66%

    11 And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart and the chest with the gold images.

  • 2 Chr 6:41
    66%

    41 Up! now, O Lord God, come back to your resting-place, you and the ark of your strength: let your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints be glad in what is good.

  • 2 Chr 35:3
    66%

    3 And he said to the Levites, the teachers of all Israel, who were holy to the Lord, See, the holy ark is in the house which Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, made; it will no longer have to be transported on your backs: now be the servants of the Lord your God and his people Israel,

  • 1 Kgs 8:7
    66%

    7 For their wings were outstretched over the place where the ark was, covering the ark and its rods.

  • Gen 8:4
    65%

    4 And on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.