"And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God {home} to me?" — 1 Chronicles 13:12

1 Chronicles 13:12 · KJV

“And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God {home} to me?”

— 1 Chronicles 13:12

And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day. {Perezuzza: that is, The breach of Uzza}

Verse 13

So David brought not the ark {home} to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. {brought: Heb. removed}

1 Chronicles 13 — Context

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.

And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day. {Perezuzza: that is, The breach of Uzza}

And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God {home} to me?

So David brought not the ark {home} to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. {brought: Heb. removed}

And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.

Cross References

Psalms 119:120

My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

1 Kings 8:27

But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

1 Samuel 5:10-11

Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. {us, to...: Heb. me to slay me and my}

Numbers 17:12-13

And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

1 Samuel 6:20

And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

Job 25:5-6

Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

Matthew 25:24

Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

Luke 5:8-9

When Simon Peter saw {it}, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

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