1 Chronicles 13:12

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

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11And David was indignant; for Jehovah had made a breach upon Uzza; and he called that place Perez-Uzza to this day.

13And David brought not the ark home unto himself into the city of David, but he carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

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Cross References

Numbers 17:12And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Lo, we expire, we perish, we all perish.

1 Samuel 6:20And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

1 Chronicles 21:30But David could not go before it to inquire of God; for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of Jehovah.

Psalms 119:120My flesh shuddereth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

Matthew 25:24And he also that had received the one talent coming to [him] said, [My] lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hadst not sowed, and gathering from where thou hadst not scattered,

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 13:10-14

The Death of Uzza. ( b. c. 1048.) 9 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. 10 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. 11 And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day. 12 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? 13… Read the whole commentary →

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