2 Samuel 6:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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?

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  • Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh is moved for fear of you; I give honour to your decisions.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, The curse is on me, and my fate is destruction; for I am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of armies.
  • Luke 5:8-9 : 8 But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner. 9 For he was full of wonder and so were all those who were with him, at the number of fish which they had taken;
  • 1 Pet 3:6 : 6 As Sarah was ruled by Abraham, naming him lord; whose children you are if you do well, and are not put in fear by any danger.
  • Num 17:12-13 : 12 And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all. 13 Death will overtake everyone who comes near, who comes near the House of the Lord: are we all to come to destruction?
  • 1 Sam 5:10-11 : 10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of the town made an outcry, saying, They have sent the ark of the God of Israel to us for the destruction of us and of our people. 11 So they sent and got together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its place, so that it may not be the cause of death to us and to our people: for there was a great fear of death through all the town; the hand of God was very hard on them there.
  • 1 Sam 6:20 : 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to keep his place before the Lord, this holy God? and to whom may he go from us?
  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But is it truly possible that God may be housed on earth? see, heaven and the heaven of heavens are not wide enough to be your resting-place; how much less this house which I have made!
  • 1 Chr 13:11-12 : 11 And David was angry because of the Lord's outburst of wrath against Uzza, and he gave that place the name Perez-uzza, to this day. 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?
  • Job 25:5-6 : 5 See, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not clean in his eyes: 6 How much less man who is an insect, and the son of man who is a worm!

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  • 1 Chr 13:9-13
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    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.

    10 And the wrath of the Lord, burning against Uzza, sent destruction on him because he had put his hand on the ark, and death came to him there before God.

    11 And David was angry because of the Lord's outburst of wrath against Uzza, and he gave that place the name Perez-uzza, to this day.

    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.

  • 2 Sam 6:10
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    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.

  • 2 Sam 6:6-8
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    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.

    7 And the wrath of the Lord, burning against Uzzah, sent destruction on him because he had put his hand on the ark, and death came to him there by the ark of God.

    8 And David was angry because of the Lord's outburst of wrath against Uzzah: and he gave that place the name Perez-uzzah, which is its name to this day.

  • 2 Sam 6:2-4
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    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.

  • 1 Chr 21:30
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    30 But David was not able to go before it to get directions from the Lord, so great was his fear of the sword of the angel of the Lord.

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    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.

    16 And when the ark of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and jumping before the Lord; and to her mind he seemed foolish.

    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.

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    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.

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    12 And Saul went in fear of David, because the Lord was with David and had gone away from Saul.

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    6 And the Philistines, hearing the noise of their cry, said, What is this great cry among the tents of the Hebrews? Then it became clear to them that the ark of the Lord had come to the tent-circle.

    7 And the Philistines, full of fear, said, God has come into their tents. And they said, Trouble is ours! for never before has such a thing been seen.

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    10 Then David got up and went in flight that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish, the king of Gath.

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    12 And David took these words to heart, fearing Achish, the king of Gath.

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    15 And when Saul saw how wisely he did, he was in fear of him.

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    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.

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

    2 And the Philistines sent for the priests and those who were wise in secret arts, and said to them, What are we to do with the ark of the Lord? How are we to send it away to its place?

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    20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to keep his place before the Lord, this holy God? and to whom may he go from us?

  • 1 Chr 14:17
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    17 And David's name was honoured in all lands; and the Lord put the fear of him on all nations.

  • 2 Sam 1:14
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    14 And David said to him, Had you no fear of stretching out your hand to put to death the one marked with the holy oil?

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    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.

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    1 Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was full of fear at meeting David, and said to him, Why are you by yourself, having no man with you?

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    18 Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

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    3 And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

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    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.

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    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.

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    18 And Saul said to Ahijah, Let the ephod come here. For he went before Israel with the ephod at that time.

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    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.

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    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.

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    11 And Saul and all Israel, hearing those words of the Philistine, were troubled and full of fear.

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    16 Then David the king went in and took his seat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have been my guide till now?

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    3 And let us get back for ourselves the ark of our God: for in the days of Saul we did not go to it for directions.

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    3 And when the people came back to their tents, the responsible men of Israel said, Why has the Lord let the Philistines overcome us today? Let us get the ark of the Lord's agreement here from Shiloh, so that it may be with us and give us salvation from the hands of those who are against us.

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    5 And when Saul saw the Philistine army he was troubled, and his heart was moved with fear.