1 Chronicles 13:12

And David feared God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God in to myself?

LXX2012 (US English)

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 dispirited, because the Lord had made a breach on Oza: and he called that place the Breach of Oza until this day.

13So David brought not the ark home to himself into the city of David, but he turned it aside into the house of Abeddara the Gethite.

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Cross References

Numbers 17:12And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we are cut off, we are destroyed, we are consumed.

1 Samuel 6:20And the men of Baethsamys said, Who shall be able to pass before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall the ark of the Lord go up from us?

1 Chronicles 21:30And David could not go before it to enquire of God; for he hasted not because of the sword of the angel of the Lord.

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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