2 Samuel 6:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

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 trembles for fear of You, and I am afraid of Your judgments.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 Then I said, 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 my 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 catch of fish which they had taken.
  • 1 Pet 3:6 : 6 Just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters you are if you do good and are not afraid with any fear.
  • Num 17:12-13 : 12 And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we perish, we are undone, we are all undone. 13 Whoever comes near the tabernacle of the LORD must die: will we all be consumed with dying?
  • 1 Sam 5:10-11 : 10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And as the ark of God came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us, to kill 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 return to its own place, that it may not kill us 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 you; how much less this house that I have built?
  • 1 Chr 13:11-12 : 11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: therefore that place is called Perezuzza 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 the moon, and it does not shine; yes, the stars are not pure in His sight. 6 How much less man, who is a worm, 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 threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled.

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

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

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

    13 So David did not bring the ark home to himself, to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

  • 2 Sam 6:10
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    10 So David would not move the ark of the LORD to him into the city of David, but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

  • 2 Sam 6:6-8
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    6 And when they came to Nachon's threshing floor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it, for the oxen shook it.

    7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error, and there he died by the ark of God.

    8 And David was displeased because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah; and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.

  • 2 Sam 6:2-4
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    2 And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts who dwells between the cherubim.

    3 And 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, drove the new cart.

    4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God; and Ahio went before the ark.

  • 1 Chr 21:30
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    30 But 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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    12 And it was told to King David, saying, The LORD has blessed the house of Obededom, and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.

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

    14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might, and David was girded with a linen ephod.

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

    16 And 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.

    17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in its 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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    6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who dwells between the cherubim, whose name is called on it.

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

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

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

    7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe to us! for such a thing has not happened before.

  • 1 Sam 21:10
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    10 And 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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    12 And David took these words to heart and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 18:15
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    15 Therefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

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

    2 Then David said, None should carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever.

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

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

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

  • 1 Sam 6:20
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    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 Chr 14:17
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    17 And the fame of David spread into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.

  • 2 Sam 1:14
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    14 And David said to him, How are you not afraid to stretch forth your hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?

  • 1 Chr 15:25
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    25 So 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 Obededom with joy.

  • 1 Sam 21:1
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    1 Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you?

  • 2 Sam 7:18
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    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 this far?

  • 1 Sam 23:3
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    3 And David's men said to him, Behold, we are 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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    1 Now it happened, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Look, I live in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remains under curtains.

  • 1 Sam 5:7
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    7 When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for His hand is harsh upon us and Dagon our god.

  • 1 Sam 14:18
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    18 Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring here 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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    1 So they brought the ark of God and set it in the middle 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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    4 But the ark of God David had brought up from Kirjathjearim 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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    11 When Saul and all Israel heard the words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

  • 1 Chr 17:16
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    16 And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?

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

  • 1 Sam 4:3
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    3 And when the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh to us, that when it comes among us, it may save us from the hand of our enemies.

  • 1 Sam 6:9
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    9 And watch, if it goes up the road to its own territory, to Beth Shemesh, then He has done us this great evil; but if not, then we shall know that it was not His hand that struck us, but it happened to us by chance.

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