God’s Word Translation
2 Samuel 6:9
9David was afraid of the Lord that day. “How can the ark of the Lord come to my ⌞city⌟?” he asked.
2 Samuel 6:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and said, How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?
- New International Version (NIV)David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, “How can the ark of the Lord ever come to me?”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and he said, "How can the ark of the Lord come to me?"
- New King James Version (NKJV)David was afraid of the Lord that day; and he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come to me?”
Context of 2 Samuel 6:9
7The Lord became angry with Uzzah, so God killed him there for his lack of respect. He died beside the ark of God. 8David 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 the Lord that day. “How can the ark of the Lord come to my ⌞city⌟?” he asked. 10So David wouldn’t bring the ark of the Lord with him to the City of David. Instead, he rerouted it to the home of Obed Edom, who was from Gath. 11The ark of the Lord stayed at the home of Obed Edom from Gath for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed Edom and his whole family.
Read all of 2 Samuel 62 Samuel 6:9 word by word
וַיִּרָ֥א דָוִ֛ד אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֑וּא וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אֵ֛יךְ יָב֥וֹא אֵלַ֖י אֲר֥וֹן יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Samuel 6:9
- 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 Peter 3:6as Sarah did. Sarah obeyed Abraham and spoke to him respectfully. You became Sarah’s daughters by not letting anything make you afraid to do good.
- 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?
- 1 Chronicles 13:11David was angry because the Lord had struck Uzzah so violently. (That place is still called Perez Uzzah [The Striking of Uzzah] today.)
- Job 25:5Even the moon isn’t bright, and the stars aren’t pure in his sight.
Commentaries on 2 Samuel 6:9
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 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 fear, knowing the ark was a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9David feared: Like David, Moses responded with fear when God showed his anger (Deuteronomy 9:19). Moses also trembled when God revealed his powerful and fiery presence (see Hebrews 12:21).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. 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 direction as to the path of duty. An…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Samuel 6
- 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
- EGW Writings
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