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2 Samuel 6:12 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 6 · verse 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.2 Samuel 6:12 · King James Version
2 Samuel 6:12 in context
10So 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.
11And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household.
12And 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.
13And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
14And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ObededomʻÔbêd ʼĔdôwmObed-Edom, the name of five IsraelitesH5654 →
- blessedbârakto kneelH1288 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- housebayitha houseH1004 →
- toldnâgadproperly, to frontH5046 →
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We have here the second attempt to bring the ark home to the city of David; and this succeeded, though the former miscarried. I. It should seem the blessing with which the house of Obed-edom was blessed for the ark's sake was a great inducement to David to bring it forward;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-19