1 Chronicles 13 · Verse 12

1 Chronicles 13:12

And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
1 Chronicles 13:12, King James Version

1 Chronicles 13:12 in other translations

BSBThat day David feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”
WEBDavid was afraid of God that day, saying, “How can I bring God’s ark home to me?”
ASVAnd David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
YLTAnd David feareth God on that day, saying, ‘How do I bring in unto me the ark of God?'
DARBYAnd David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God to me?
BBEAnd so great was David's fear of God that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?
WebsterAnd David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?

What does 1 Chronicles 13:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 13:6-14

6-14. David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah--(See on 2Sa 6:1-11). whose name is called on it--rather, "who is worshipped there" (2Sa 6:2).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 13:6-14

Let the sin of Uzza warn all to take heed of presumption, rashness, and irreverence, in dealing with holy things; and let none think that a good design will justify a bad action. Let the punishment of Uzza teach us not to dare to trifle with God in our approaches to him; yet let us, through Christ, come boldly to the throne of grace. If the gospel be to some a savour of death unto death, as the ark was to Uzza, yet…

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1 Chronicles 13:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּירָ֤אvai.yi.Ra'and he fearedH3372
דָוִיד֙da.VidDavidH1732
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
בַּיּ֥וֹםbai.Yomon the dayH3117
הַה֖וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559
הֵ֚יךְheikhhow?H1963
אָבִ֣יא'a.Vi'will I bringH935
אֵלַ֔י'e.Laito myselfH413
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
אֲר֥וֹן'a.Ron[the] ark ofH727
הָאֱלֹהִֽים\׃ha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 13:12

  • Psalms 119:120

    My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

  • Job 25:5-6

    Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

  • 1 Samuel 5:10-11

    Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

  • 1 Kings 8:27

    But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

  • 1 Samuel 6:20

    And the men of Beth–shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

  • Numbers 17:12-13

    And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the Lord shall die: shall we be consumed with dying?

  • Matthew 25:24

    Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

  • Luke 5:8-9

    When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus’ knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:

  • Isaiah 6:5

    Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
afraid of God.
Nu 17:12,13; 1Sa 5:10,11; 6:20; Ps 119:120; Isa 6:5; Lu 5:8,9
How.
1Ki 8:27; Job 25:5,6; Mt 25:24

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 13:11

    And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez–uzza to this day.

  • 1 Chronicles 13:12

    And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?

  • 1 Chronicles 13:13

    So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed–edom the Gittite.

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1 Chronicles 13:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y David temió á Dios aquel día, y dijo: ¿Cómo he de traer á mi casa el arca de Dios?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et David eut peur de Dieu en ce jour-là, disant: Comment ferais-je entrer chez moi l’arche de Dieu?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und David fürchtete sich vor Gott an selbigem Tage und sprach: Wie soll ich die Lade Gottes zu mir bringen?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et timuit Deum tunc temporis, dicens: Quomodo possum ad me introducere arcam Dei?