1 Chronicles 13:12

And he feared God at that time, saying: How can I bring in the ark of God to me?

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 troubled because the Lord had divided Oza: and he called that place the Breach of Oza to this day.

13And therefore he brought it not home to himself, that is, into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gethite.

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Cross References

Numbers 17:12And the children of Israel said to Moses: Behold we are consumed, we all perish.

1 Samuel 6:20And the men of Bethsames said: Who shall be able to stand before the Lord this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

1 Chronicles 21:30And David could not go to the altar there to pray to God: for he was seized with an exceeding great fear, seeing the sword of the angel of the Lord.

Matthew 25:24But he that had received the one talent, came and said: Lord, I know that thou art a hard man; thou reapest where thou hast not sown, and gatherest where thou hast not strewed.

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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