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2 Samuel 6:9 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, “How could the LORD’s ark come to me?” "

2 Samuel 6:9

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7 The LORD’s anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by God’s ark.

8 David was displeased because the LORD had broken out against Uzzah; and he called that place Perez Uzzah to this day.

9 David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, “How could the LORD’s ark come to me?”

10 So David would not move the LORD’s ark to be with him in David’s city; but David carried it aside into Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house.

11 The LORD’s ark remained in Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house three months; and the LORD blessed Obed-Edom and all his house.

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1 Chronicles 13:12

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2 Samuel 1:14

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"David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”"

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1 Chronicles 13:6

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"David went up with all Israel to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there God the LORD’s ark that sits above the cherubim, that is called by the Name."

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2 Chronicles 1:4

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"But David had brought God’s ark up from Kiriath Jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem."

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2 Samuel 24:18

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"Gad came that day to David and said to him, “Go up, build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”"

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1 Samuel 23:3

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"David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”"

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2 Samuel 6:1

"David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand."

2 Samuel 6:2

"David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale Judah, to bring up from there God’s ark, which is called by the Name, even the name of the LORD of Armies who sits above the cherubim."

2 Samuel 6:3

"They set God’s ark on a new cart, and brought it out of Abinadab’s house that was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart."

2 Samuel 6:4

"They brought it out of Abinadab’s house which was in the hill, with God’s ark; and Ahio went before the ark."

2 Samuel 6:5

"David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD with all kinds of instruments made of cypress wood, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with castanets, and with cymbals."

2 Samuel 6:6

"When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached for God’s ark and took hold of it, for the cattle stumbled."

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