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2 Samuel 6:12

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King David was told, “Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that belongs to him, because of God’s ark.”
So David went and brought up God’s ark from the house of Obed-Edom into David’s city with joy.

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2 Samuel 6:12 in other translations

And it was told king David, saying, Jehovah hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. And David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with joy.

2 Samuel 6:12 · American Standard Version

2 Samuel 6:12 in context

  1. 10So David would not move Yahweh’s ark to be with him in David’s city; but David carried it aside into Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house.
  2. 11Yahweh’s ark remained in Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house three months; and Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom and all his house.
  3. 12King David was told, “Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that belongs to him, because of God’s ark.”
    So David went and brought up God’s ark from the house of Obed-Edom into David’s city with joy.
  4. 13When those who bore Yahweh’s ark had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
  5. 14David danced before Yahweh with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod.