2 Samuel 6:9

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

David was afraid of the LORD that day and said,“How will the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”

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  • Ps 119:120 : 120 My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments.
  • Isa 6:5 : 5 I said,“Woe to me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.”
  • Luke 5:8-9 : 8 But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying,“Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!” 9 For Peter and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken,
  • 1 Pet 3:6 : 6 like Sarah who obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You become her children when you do what is good and have no fear in doing so.
  • Num 17:12-13 : 12 The Israelites said to Moses,“We are bound to die! We perish, we all perish! 13 (17:28) Anyone who even comes close to the tabernacle of the LORD will die! Are we all to die?”
  • 1 Sam 5:10-11 : 10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. But when the ark of God arrived at Ekron, the residents of Ekron cried out saying,“They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here to kill our people!” 11 So they assembled all the leaders of the Philistines and said,“Get the ark of the God of Israel out of here! Let it go back to its own place so that it won’t kill us and our people!” The terror of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there.
  • 1 Sam 6:20 : 20 The residents of Beth Shemesh asked,“Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?”
  • 1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 “God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!
  • 1 Chr 13:11-12 : 11 David was angry because the LORD attacked Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, which remains its name to this very day. 12 David was afraid of God that day and said,“How will I ever be able to bring the ark of God up here?”
  • Job 25:5-6 : 5 If even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned, 6 how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot– a son of man, who is only a worm!”

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  • 1 Chr 13:9-13
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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.

  • 2 Sam 6:10
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    10So 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.

  • 2 Sam 6:6-8
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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.

    7The LORD was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him on the spot for his negligence. He died right there beside the ark of God.

    8David was angry because the LORD attacked Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, which remains its name to this very day.

  • 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,

  • 1 Chr 21:30
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    30But David could not go before it to seek God’s will, for he was afraid of the sword of the LORD’s angel.

  • 2 Sam 6:12-17
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    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.

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

    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.

  • 1 Chr 13:6-7
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    6David and all Israel went up to Baalah(that is, Kiriath Jearim) in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who sits enthroned between the cherubim– the ark that is called by his name.

    7They transported the ark of God on a new cart from the house of Abinadab; Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart,

  • 1 Sam 18:12
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    12So Saul feared David, because the LORD was with him but had departed from Saul.

  • 1 Sam 4:6-7
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    6When the Philistines heard the sound of the shout, they said,“What is this loud shout in the camp of the Hebrews?” Then they realized that the ark of the LORD had arrived at the camp.

    7The Philistines were scared because they thought that gods had come to the camp. They said,“Woe to us! We’ve never seen anything like this!

  • 1 Sam 21:10
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    10So on that day David arose and fled from Saul. He went to King Achish of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 21:12
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    12David thought about what they said and was very afraid of King Achish of Gath.

  • 1 Sam 18:15
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    15When Saul saw how very successful he was, he was afraid of him.

  • 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.

  • 1 Sam 6:1-2
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    73%

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

    2the Philistines called the priests and the omen readers, saying,“What should we do with the ark of the LORD? Advise us as to how we should send it back to its place.”

  • 1 Sam 6:20
    73%

    20The residents of Beth Shemesh asked,“Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?”

  • 1 Chr 14:17
    73%

    17So David became famous in all the lands; the LORD caused all the nations to fear him.

  • 2 Sam 1:14
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    14David replied to him,“How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”

  • 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 Sam 21:1
    73%

    1David Goes to Nob(21:1) Then David got up and left, while Jonathan went back to the city.(21:2) David went to Ahimelech the priest in Nob. Ahimelech was shaking with fear when he met David, and said to him,“Why are you by yourself with no one accompanying you?”

  • 2 Sam 7:18
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    18David Offers a Prayer to God King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said,“Who am I, O Sovereign LORD, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point?

  • 1 Sam 23:3
    73%

    3But David’s men said to him,“We are afraid while we are still here in Judah! What will it be like if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”

  • 1 Chr 17:1
    73%

    1God Makes a Promise to David When David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet,“Look, I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of the LORD’s covenant is under a tent.”

  • 1 Sam 5:7
    72%

    7When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said,“The ark of the God of Israel should not remain with us, for he has attacked both us and our god Dagon!”

  • 1 Sam 14:18
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    18So Saul said to Ahijah,“Bring near the ephod,” for he was at that time wearing the ephod in front of the Israelites.

  • 1 Chr 16:1
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    1David Leads in Worship They brought the ark of God and put it in the middle of the tent David had pitched for it. Then they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.

  • 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 Sam 17:11
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    11When Saul and all the Israelites heard these words of the Philistine, they were upset and very afraid.

  • 1 Chr 17:16
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    16David Praises God King David went in, sat before the LORD, and said:“Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point?

  • 1 Chr 13:3
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    3Let’s move the ark of our God back here, for we did not seek his will throughout Saul’s reign.”

  • 1 Sam 4:3
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    3When the army came back to the camp, the elders of Israel said,“Why did the LORD let us be defeated today by the Philistines? Let’s take with us the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh. When it is with us, it will save us from the hand of our enemies.”

  • 1 Sam 6:9
    71%

    9But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident.”

  • 1 Sam 28:5
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    5When Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was absolutely terrified.