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 Obed–edom the Gittite.
2 Samuel 6:10 in other translations
| BSB | 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. |
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| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | 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 | 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, |
| DARBY | So David would not bring the ark of Jehovah home unto himself into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. |
| BBE | So David did not let the ark of the Lord come back to him to the town of David: but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. |
| Webster | So David would not remove the ark of the LORD to him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. |
What does 2 Samuel 6:10 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 6:9-10
9-10. David was afraid of the Lord that day, &c.--His feelings on this alarming judgment were greatly excited on various accounts, dreading that the displeasure of God had been provoked by the removal of the ark, that the punishment would be extended to himself and people, and that they might fall into some error or neglect during the further conveyance of the ark. He resolved, therefore, to wait for more light and…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 6:6-11
Uzzah was struck dead for touching the ark. God saw presumption and irreverence in Uzzah's heart. Familiarity, even with that which is most awful, is apt to breed contempt. If it were so great a crime for one to lay hold on the ark of the covenant who had no right to do so, what is it for those to lay claim to the privileges of the covenant that come not up to the terms of it? Obed-edom opened his doors without…
2 Samuel 6:10 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Samuel 6:10
- 1 Chronicles 26:4-8
Moreover the sons of Obed–edom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth, Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valour. The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah. …
- 1 Chronicles 13:13-14
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. And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed–edom in his house three months. And the Lord blessed the house of Obed–edom, and all that he had.
- 2 Samuel 15:19
Then 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 16:5
Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed–edom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
- 2 Samuel 4:3
And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.)
- 1 Chronicles 15:18
And 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 Obed–edom, and Jeiel, the porters.
- 2 Samuel 18:2
And 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.
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Context
- 2 Samuel 6:9
And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and said, How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?
- 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 Obed–edom the Gittite.
- 2 Samuel 6:11
And the ark of the Lord continued in the house of Obed–edom the Gittite three months: and the Lord blessed Obed–edom, and all his household.
2 Samuel 6:10 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | No quiso pues David traer á sí el arca de Jehová á la ciudad de David; mas llevóla David á casa de Obed-edom Getheo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et David ne voulut pas retirer l’arche de l’ Éternel chez lui dans la ville de David, mais David la fit détourner dans la maison d’Obed-Édom, le Guitthien. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und David wollte die Lade Jehovas nicht zu sich einkehren lassen in die Stadt Davids; und David ließ sie beiseite bringen in das Haus Obed-Edoms, des Gathiters. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et noluit divertere ad se arcam Domini in civitatem David: sed divertit eam in domum Obededom Gethæi. |