1 Chronicles 13:12

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

King James Version with Apocrypha

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 displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.

13So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

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Cross References

Numbers 17:12And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish.

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

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

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

Matthew 25:24Then 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:

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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