1 Chronicles 13:12

That day David feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”

Majority Standard Bible

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

11Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. So he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.

13So he did not move the ark with him to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

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Cross References

Numbers 17:12Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!

1 Samuel 6:20The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”

1 Chronicles 21:30but David could not go before it to inquire of God, because he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the LORD.

Psalms 119:120My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.

Matthew 25:24Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

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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