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2 Samuel 6:10
So David would not move the LORD’s ark to be with him in David’s city; but David carried it aside into Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house.
2 Samuel 6:10 · World English Bible
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2 Samuel 6:10 in other translations
So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
So David would not move the ark of the Lord to be with him in the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
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In context
7 The LORD’s anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by God’s ark.
8 David was displeased because the LORD had broken out against Uzzah; and he called that place Perez Uzzah to this day.
9 David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, “How could the LORD’s ark come to me?”
10 So David would not move the LORD’s ark to be with him in David’s city; but David carried it aside into Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house.
11 The LORD’s ark remained in Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house three months; and the LORD blessed Obed-Edom and all his house.
12 King David was told, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that belongs to him, because of God’s ark.” So David went and brought up God’s ark from the house of Obed-Edom into David’s city with joy.
13 When those who bore the LORD’s ark had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
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