2 Samuel 6:9

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to 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, the LORD of hosts.
  • Luke 5:8-9 : 8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. 9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:
  • 1 Pet 3:6 : 6 Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
  • Num 17:12-13 : 12 And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. 13 Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?
  • 1 Sam 5:10-11 : 10 Therefore 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 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction 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 this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and 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 the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to 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 to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. 6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

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

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

    11And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.

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

    13So David brought not the ark home to himself to 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 the LORD 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 Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.

    7And the anger of the LORD 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 the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah to 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 of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.

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

    4And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying 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 the LORD.

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

    13And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.

    14And David danced before the LORD 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 the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.

    16And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

    17And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 13:6-7
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    6And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.

    7And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.

  • 1 Sam 18:12
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    12And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD 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 the LORD 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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    15Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

  • 1 Chr 15:1-3
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    1And David made him houses in the city of David, and 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 the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

    3And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

  • 1 Sam 6:1-2
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    73%

    1And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

    2And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place.

  • 1 Sam 6:20
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    20And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD 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 the LORD 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 stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD'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 the LORD 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 was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?

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

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

  • 1 Chr 17:1
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    1Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth 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 Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.

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

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

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

  • 1 Chr 17:16
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    16And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto?

  • 1 Chr 13:3
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    3And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we inquired not at 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 the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

  • 1 Sam 6:9
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    9And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast 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 greatly trembled.