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1 Chronicles 13:12 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? "
1 Chronicles 13:12
Verse in Context
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And 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.
And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.
And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.
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1 Chronicles 13:1
"And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader."
1 Chronicles 13:2
"And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:"
1 Chronicles 13:3
"And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul."
1 Chronicles 13:4
"And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people."
1 Chronicles 13:5
"So David gathered ➔ all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim."
1 Chronicles 13:6
"And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, 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."
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