2 Samuel 6:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

So David was no longer willing to bring the ark of the LORD to be with him in the City of David. David left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

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  • 1 Chr 26:4-8 : 4 Obed-Edom’s sons:The firstborn Shemaiah, the second Jehozabad, the third Joah, the fourth Sakar, the fifth Nethanel, 5 the sixth Ammiel, the seventh Issachar, and the eighth Peullethai.(Indeed, God blessed Obed-Edom.) 6 His son Shemaiah also had sons, who were leaders of their families, for they were highly respected. 7 The sons of Shemaiah:Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. His relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also respected. 8 All these were the descendants of Obed-Edom. They and their sons and relatives were respected men, capable of doing their responsibilities. There were sixty-two of them related to Obed-Edom.
  • 2 Sam 4:3 : 3 for the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have remained there as resident foreigners until the present time.)
  • 2 Sam 15:19 : 19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite,“Why should you come with us? Go back and stay with the new king, for you are a foreigner and an exile from your own country.
  • 2 Sam 18:2 : 2 David then sent out the army– a third under the leadership of Joab, a third under the leadership of Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under the leadership of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the troops,“I too will indeed march out with you.”
  • 1 Chr 13:13-14 : 13 So David did not move the ark to the City of David; he left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. 14 The ark of God remained in Obed-Edom’s house for three months; the LORD blessed Obed-Edom’s family and everything that belonged to him.
  • 1 Chr 15:18 : 18 along with some of their relatives who were second in rank, including Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers.
  • 1 Chr 16:5 : 5 Asaph was the leader and Zechariah second in command, followed by Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel. They were to play stringed instruments; Asaph was to sound the cymbals;

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  • 1 Chr 13:9-14
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    9When they arrived at the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to take hold of the ark, because the oxen stumbled.

    10The LORD was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark. He died right there before God.

    11David was angry because the LORD attacked Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, which remains its name to this very day.

    12David was afraid of God that day and said,“How will I ever be able to bring the ark of God up here?”

    13So David did not move the ark to the City of David; he left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

    14The ark of God remained in Obed-Edom’s house for three months; the LORD blessed Obed-Edom’s family and everything that belonged to him.

  • 2 Sam 6:11-15
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    11The ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months. The LORD blessed Obed-Edom and all his family.

    12King David was told,“The LORD has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything he owns because of the ark of God.” So David went and joyfully brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David.

    13Those who carried the ark of the LORD took six steps and then David sacrificed an ox and a fatling calf.

    14Now David, wearing a linen ephod, was dancing with all his strength before the LORD.

    15David and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the LORD, shouting and blowing trumpets.

  • 2 Sam 6:9
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    9David was afraid of the LORD that day and said,“How will the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”

  • 1 Chr 15:25
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    25So David, the leaders of Israel, and the commanders of units of a thousand went to bring up the ark of the LORD’s covenant from the house of Obed-Edom with celebration.

  • 1 Chr 15:1-3
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    1David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem David constructed buildings in the City of David; he then prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

    2Then David said,“Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the LORD chose them to carry the ark of the LORD and to serve before him perpetually.”

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

  • 2 Sam 6:2-4
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    2David and all the men who were with him traveled to Baalah in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God which is called by the name of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who sits enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.

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

    4They brought it with the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on the hill. Ahio was walking in front of the ark,

  • 2 Chr 1:4
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    4(Now David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Chr 13:5-7
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    5So David assembled all Israel from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.

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  • 2 Sam 6:17
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    17They brought the ark of the LORD and put it in its place in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before the LORD.

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    6When they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and grabbed hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled.

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    1The Philistines Return the Ark When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines for seven months,

  • 1 Chr 16:1
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  • 1 Chr 21:30
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  • 1 Sam 6:8-10
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    8Then take the ark of the LORD and place it on the cart, and put in a chest beside it the gold objects you are sending to him as a guilt offering. You should then send it on its way.

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