2 Samuel 6:10
So David was not willing to take the ark of Yahweh with him into the city of David. Instead, he put it aside in the house of Obed Edom the Gittite.
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9David was afraid of Yahweh that day. He said, “How can the ark of Yahweh come to me?”
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2 Samuel 4:3and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have been living there until this very time).
2 Samuel 5:9So David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. He fortified around it, from the terrace toward the inside.
2 Samuel 18:2Then David sent out the army, one-third under the command of Joab, another third under the command of Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and still another third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the army, “I will certainly go out with you myself, too.”
1 Chronicles 15:18With them were their kinsmen of second rank: Zechariah, + 15:18 Some ancient copies add the name or prefix, “ben,” assuming perhaps the name of Zechariah's father was omitted. Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed Edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers.
1 Chronicles 16:5These Levites were Asaph the leader, and second to him Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed Edom, and Jeiel. These were to play with stringed instruments and with harps. Asaph was to sound the cymbals, sounding loudly.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 6:7-12
Uzzah Slain for Touching the Ark; The Ark in the House of Obed-edom. ( b. c. 1045.) 6 And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. 7 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. 8 And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah to this day. 9 And David was afraid of the… Read the whole commentary →