2 Samuel 6:9

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David was afraid of the LORD that day and said, 'How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?'

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  • Ps 119:120 : 120 My flesh trembles in fear of You, and I stand in awe of Your judgments.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, "Woe to me! For I am ruined because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell among a people of unclean lips, and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts."
  • Luke 5:8-9 : 8 When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus' knees and said, "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!" 9 For amazement had seized him and all those with him because of the catch of fish they had taken.
  • 1 Pet 3:6 : 6 Just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You are her children if you do what is good and do not fear anything that frightens you.
  • Num 17:12-13 : 12 So Aaron did as Moses commanded and ran into the midst of the assembly, and the plague had already begun among the people. He put the incense in and made atonement for the people. 13 He stood between the living and the dead, and the plague was stopped.
  • 1 Sam 5:10-11 : 10 Then they sent the Ark of God to Ekron. But when the Ark reached Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, saying, “They have brought the Ark of the God of Israel here to kill us and our people!” 11 So they sent word and gathered all the rulers of the Philistines and said, 'Send the Ark of the God of Israel away, let it return to its place so that it will not kill us and our people.' For there was a deadly panic throughout the whole city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
  • 1 Sam 6:20 : 20 The people of Beth Shemesh asked, "Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? And to whom should we send it to get it away from us?"
  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 'But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Even the heavens, the highest heavens, cannot contain You. How much less this house that I have built!'
  • 1 Chr 13:11-12 : 11 David was angry because the LORD had burst out against Uzza, so he named that place Perez-Uzza, as it is called to this day. 12 David feared God that day and said, "How can I bring the ark of God to me?"
  • Job 25:5-6 : 5 Even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure in His sight. 6 How much less a mortal, who is but a maggot, and a human, who is only a worm!

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  • 1 Chr 13:9-13
    5 verses
    93%

    9 When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzza reached out his hand to hold the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.

    10 The anger of the LORD burned against Uzza, and He struck him down because he had reached out to the ark. Uzza died there in the presence of God.

    11 David was angry because the LORD had burst out against Uzza, so he named that place Perez-Uzza, as it is called to this day.

    12 David feared God that day and said, "How can I bring the ark of God to me?"

    13 So David did not move the ark to be with him in the City of David, but instead he directed it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

  • 2 Sam 6:10
    83%

    10 So David was not willing to bring the ark of the LORD to the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

  • 2 Sam 6:6-8
    3 verses
    78%

    6 When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out his hand to the ark of God to steady it, for the oxen had stumbled.

    7 The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down there for his irreverence. He died there beside the ark of God.

    8 David was angry because the LORD had broken out against Uzzah, and that place was called Perez Uzzah, as it is to this day.

  • 2 Sam 6:2-4
    3 verses
    78%

    2 David set out with all the people who were with him from Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name, the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned above the cherubim.

    3 They placed the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart.

    4 They carried the ark of God out of Abinadab’s house, which was on the hill, and Ahio walked in front of the ark.

  • 1 Chr 21:30
    78%

    30 But David could not go before it to seek God because he was terrified of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

  • 2 Sam 6:12-17
    6 verses
    77%

    12 When King David was told, 'The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him because of the ark of God,' David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the City of David with rejoicing.

    13 When those carrying the ark of the LORD had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.

    14 David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD.

    15 David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouts and the sound of trumpets.

    16 As the ark of the LORD entered the City of David, Michal, daughter of Saul, looked out from the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she despised him in her heart.

    17 They brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 13:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6 David and all Israel went up to Baalah, to Kiriath-jearim in Judah, to bring up the ark of God, the LORD who is enthroned above the cherubim, where His Name is called.

    7 They placed the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out from the house of Abinadab, with Uzza and Ahio guiding the cart.

  • 1 Sam 18:12
    75%

    12 Saul was afraid of David because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.

  • 1 Sam 4:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6 The Philistines heard the sound of the shouting and said, 'What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?' They realized that the Ark of the Lord had come into the camp.

    7 The Philistines became afraid, saying, 'A god has come into the camp!' They exclaimed, 'Woe to us! Nothing like this has ever happened before!

  • 1 Sam 21:10
    74%

    10 The priest replied, 'The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want it, take it. There is no other here.' David said, 'There is none like it; give it to me.'

  • 1 Sam 21:12
    74%

    12 The servants of Achish said to him, 'Isn’t this David, the king of the land? Isn’t he the one they sing about in their dances, saying, "Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands"?'

  • 1 Sam 18:15
    74%

    15 When Saul saw how successful David was, he became afraid of him.

  • 1 Chr 15:1-3
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    74%

    1 David built houses for himself in the City of David, prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.

    2 Then David said, "The ark of God must not be carried by anyone but the Levites, for the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever."

    3 David gathered all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.

  • 1 Sam 6:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1 The ark of the LORD remained in the territory of the Philistines for seven months.

    2 The Philistines called for the priests and diviners and said, "What should we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how we should send it back to its place."

  • 1 Sam 6:20
    73%

    20 The people of Beth Shemesh asked, "Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? And to whom should we send it to get it away from us?"

  • 1 Chr 14:17
    73%

    17 So David’s fame spread throughout the lands, and the LORD caused all the nations to fear him.

  • 2 Sam 1:14
    73%

    14 David asked him, 'How is it that you were not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?'

  • 1 Chr 15:25
    73%

    25 So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of the thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-Edom with rejoicing.

  • 1 Sam 21:1
    73%

    1 David got up and left, while Jonathan returned to the city.

  • 2 Sam 7:18
    73%

    18 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said, "Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?

  • 1 Sam 23:3
    73%

    3 But David's men said to him, "We are afraid here in Judah. How much more if we go to Keilah to face the battle lines of the Philistines!"

  • 1 Chr 17:1
    73%

    1 When David was living in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Here I am dwelling in a house of cedar, while the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent."

  • 1 Sam 5:7
    72%

    7 When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The Ark of the God of Israel cannot stay with us, for His hand is harsh against us and our god Dagon.”

  • 1 Sam 14:18
    72%

    18 Saul said to Ahijah, 'Bring the ark of God here.' (At that time it was with the Israelites.)

  • 1 Chr 16:1
    72%

    1 They brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had set up for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

  • 2 Chr 1:4
    72%

    4 But David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it in Jerusalem, where he had pitched a tent for it.

  • 1 Sam 17:11
    72%

    11 When Saul and all Israel heard the words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

  • 1 Chr 17:16
    72%

    16 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD, and he said: "Who am I, LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?

  • 1 Chr 13:3
    72%

    3 Let us bring back the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it during the days of Saul.

  • 1 Sam 4:3
    72%

    3 When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel said, 'Why has the Lord allowed us to be defeated today by the Philistines? Let us fetch the Ark of the Covenant from Shiloh so it can come among us and deliver us from the power of our enemies.'

  • 1 Sam 6:9
    71%

    9 Watch to see: if it goes up along the road to its own territory, toward Beth Shemesh, then it is the LORD who has brought this great disaster upon us. But if it does not, then we will know it was not his hand that struck us; it happened by chance.

  • 1 Sam 28:5
    71%

    5 When Saul saw the Philistine camp, he was terrified, and his heart trembled greatly.