KJV King James Version
So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
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2 Samuel 6:10
So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
WEB World English Bible
So David would not move the ark of Yahweh to be with him in the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
ASV American Standard Version
So David would not remove the ark of Jehovah unto him into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And David hath not been willing to turn aside unto himself the ark of Jehovah, to the city of David, and David turneth it aside to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite,
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 6
7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote 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.
9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?
10 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.
12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that [pertaineth] unto 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 they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
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וְלֹֽא־H3808 · lonotאָבָ֣הH14 · a.vahbe willingדָוִ֗דH1732 · da.vidDavidלְהָסִ֥ירH5493 · surto turn aside: removeאֵלָ֛יוH413 · elto(wards)אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אֲר֥וֹןH727 · a.ronarkיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDעַל־H5921 · aluponעִ֣ירH5892 · irexcitementדָּוִ֑דH1732 · da.vidDavidוַיַּטֵּ֣הוּH5186 · na.tahto stretchדָוִ֔דH1732 · da.vidDavidבֵּ֥יתH1004 · betplaceעֹבֵֽד־H5654 · o.ved e.domObed-edomאֱד֖וֹםH5654 · o.ved e.domObed-edomהַגִּתִּֽי׃H1663 · git.tiGittite
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 26:4-8Moreover the sons of Obededom [were], Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,2 Samuel 18:2And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.1 Chronicles 16:5Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;2 Samuel 15:19Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou [art] a stranger, and also an exile.1 Chronicles 15:18And with them their brethren of the second [degree], Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.1 Chronicles 13:13-14So David brought not the ark [home] to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.2 Samuel 4:3And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
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