1 Chronicles 13:12

1 Chronicles 13:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
• New International Version (NIV)David was afraid of God that day and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And David was afraid of God that day, and he said, "How can I bring the ark of God home to me?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)David was afraid of God that day, saying, “How can I bring the ark of God to me?”

Context of 1 Chronicles 13:12

10The Lord became angry with Uzzah and killed him for reaching for the ark. He died in God’s presence. 11David was angry because the Lord had struck Uzzah so violently. (That place is still called Perez Uzzah [The Striking of Uzzah] today.) David was afraid of God that day. “How can I bring God’s ark to my ⌞city⌟?” he asked. 13So he didn’t bring God’s ark to his ⌞home⌟, the City of David. Instead, he rerouted it to the home of Obed Edom, who was from Gath. 14God’s ark stayed at the home of Obed Edom with his family for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed Edom’s family and everything he owned.

1 Chronicles 13:12 word by word

וַיִּירָ֤א דָוִיד֙ אֶת־הָ֣אֱלֹהִ֔ים בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא לֵאמֹ֑ר הֵ֚יךְ אָבִ֣יא אֵלַ֔י אֵ֖ת אֲר֥וֹן הָאֱלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Davidדָּוִדdâvid dâvîyd · DavidH1732
• was afraidיָרֵאyârê' · to fearH3372
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Howהֵיךְhêyk · how?H1963
• shall I bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• the arkאֲרוֹן'ârôn 'ârôn · arkH727

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 13:12

• Numbers 17:12The Israelites said to Moses, “Now we’re going to die! We’re lost! We’re all lost!
• 1 Samuel 5:10So the people of Gath sent the ark of God to Ekron. But when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, “They brought the ark of the God of Israel here to kill us.”
• 1 Samuel 6:20The people of Beth Shemesh asked, “Who can stand before the Lord, this holy God? And to which people will he go when he leaves us?”
• Psalms 119:120My body shudders in fear of you, and I am afraid of your regulations.
• Isaiah 6:5So I said, “Oh, no! I’m doomed. Every word that passes through my lips is sinful. I live among people with sinful lips. I have seen the king, the Lord of Armies!”
• Luke 5:8When Simon Peter saw this, he knelt in front of Jesus and said, “Leave me, Lord! I’m a sinful person!”
• 1 Kings 8:27“Does God really live on earth? If heaven itself, the highest heaven, cannot hold you, then how can this temple that I have built?
• Job 25:5Even the moon isn’t bright, and the stars aren’t pure in his sight.
• Matthew 25:24“Then the one who received two thousand dollars came and said, ‘Sir, I knew that you are a hard person to please. You harvest where you haven’t planted and gather where you haven’t scattered any seeds.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 13:12

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-14Verses 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 let us receive it in the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12David's reaction to Uzzah's death might show he felt unfit to move the ark to Jerusalem.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-146-14. 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).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 13:12

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• That Day
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• Chronicles, Books of

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary