David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, “How could the LORD’s ark come to me?”
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Samuel 6:9 in context
2 Samuel 6:6–12
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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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The LORD’s anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by God’s ark.
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David was displeased because the LORD had broken out against Uzzah; and he called that place Perez Uzzah to this day.
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David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, “How could the LORD’s ark come to me?”
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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.
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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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King David was told, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that belongs to him, because of God’s ark.”
So David went and brought up God’s ark from the house of Obed-Edom into David’s city with joy.
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