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1 Chronicles 13:13

And so Dauid brought not the arke home to him to the citie of Dauid: but carryed it into the house of Obed Edom a Gethite.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Obed-Edom;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Kirjath-Jearim, or Kirjath-Baal;   Uzzah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Gath;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gittites ;   Obededom ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Obed-edom;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ark;   Obed-edom;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abinadab;   Ark of the Covenant;   David;   Gittites;   Obed-Edom;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So David did not bring the ark of God home to the city of David; instead, he diverted it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.
Hebrew Names Version
So David didn't move the ark to him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of `Oved-'Edom the Gittite.
King James Version
So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
English Standard Version
So David did not take the ark home into the city of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
New Century Version
So David did not take the Ark with him to Jerusalem. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom who was from Gath.
New English Translation
So David did not move the ark to the City of David; he left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
Amplified Bible
So David did not bring the ark with him to the City of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
New American Standard Bible
So David did not take the ark with him to the city of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
World English Bible
So David didn't move the ark to him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore Dauid brought not the Arke to him into the citie of Dauid, but caused it to turne into the house of Obed Edom the Gittite.
Legacy Standard Bible
And David did not move the ark with him to the city of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
Berean Standard Bible
So 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.
Contemporary English Version
So instead of taking it to Jerusalem, David decided to take it to the home of Obed-Edom, who lived in the town of Gath.
Complete Jewish Bible
So David didn't bring the ark into the City of David; rather, David carried it aside into the house of ‘Oved-'Edom the Gitti.
Darby Translation
And David brought not the ark home unto himself into the city of David, but he carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
Easy-to-Read Version
So he did not take the Holy Box with him to the City of David. He left it at Obed Edom's house. Obed Edom was from the city of Gath.
George Lamsa Translation
So David was unwilling to bring the ark home to the city of David. And David commanded it be carried to the house of Ober-edom the Gittite.
Good News Translation
So David did not take it with him to Jerusalem. Instead, he left it at the house of a man named Obed Edom, a native of the city of Gath.
Lexham English Bible
So David did not move the ark to himself into the city of David but diverted it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
Literal Translation
And David did not bring the ark to himself, to the City of David, but carried it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Therfore wolde he not let ye Arke of God be broughte vnto him in to ye cite of Dauid, but caried it in to ye house of Obed Edom the Gathite.
American Standard Version
So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
Bible in Basic English
So David did not let the ark come back to him to the town of David, but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
King James Version (1611)
So Dauid brought not the Arke home to himselfe to the city of Dauid, but caried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So 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.
English Revised Version
So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed–edom the Gittite.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And for this cause he brouyte not it to hym, that is, in to the citee of Dauid, but he turnede it in to the hows of Obededom of Geth.
Update Bible Version
So David didn't remove the ark to him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
Webster's Bible Translation
So David brought not the ark to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
New King James Version
So David would not move the ark with him into the City of David, but took it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
New Living Translation
So David did not move the Ark into the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.
New Life Bible
So David did not take the special box of God with him to the city of David. He took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
New Revised Standard
So David did not take the ark into his care into the city of David; he took it instead to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So David removed not the ark unto him, into the city of David, - but took it aside into the house of Obed-edom, the Gittite.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And therefore he brought it not home to himself, that is, into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gethite.
Revised Standard Version
So David did not take the ark home into the city of David, but took it aside to the house of O'bed-e'dom the Gittite.
Young's Literal Translation
And David hath not turned aside the ark unto himself, unto the city of David, and turneth it aside unto the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So David did not take the ark with him to the city of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

Contextual Overview

9 And when they came vnto the thresshing floore of Chidon, Uzza put foorth his hande to holde the arke, for the oxen stumbled. 10 And the Lorde was wroth with Uzza, and smote him, because he put his hand to the arke: and there he dyed before God. 11 And Dauid was out of quiet because the Lorde had rent a rent in Uzza, and he called the name of that place, the renting of Uzza, vnto this day. 12 And Dauid was afrayde of God that day, saying: how shall I bring the arke of God home to me? 13 And so Dauid brought not the arke home to him to the citie of Dauid: but carryed it into the house of Obed Edom a Gethite. 14 And the arke of God remayned with Obed Edom, euen in his house, three monethes: And the Lorde blessed the house of Obed Edom, & all that he had.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

brought: Heb. removed

Obededom: 1 Chronicles 15:18, 1 Chronicles 16:5, 1 Chronicles 26:4, 1 Chronicles 26:8, 2 Samuel 6:10, 2 Samuel 6:11

the Gittite: 2 Samuel 4:3

Cross-References

Genesis 6:11
The earth also was corrupt before God, and the same earth was fylled with crueltie.
Genesis 10:9
The same began to be mightie in the earth, for he was a mightie hunter before the Lorde: Wherfore it is sayde, Euen as Nimrod the mightie hunter before the Lorde.
Genesis 13:4
Euen vnto the place of the aulter whiche he had made there at the first, and there Abram called on the name of the Lorde.
Genesis 13:6
And the lande was not able to beare them, that they might dwell together: for theyr substaunce was great, so that they coulde not dwell together.
Genesis 13:8
Then sayde Abram vnto Lot: let there be no strife I pray thee betweene thee and me, and betweene my heardmen and thyne, for we be brethren.
Genesis 13:9
Is not the whole lande before thee? Seperate thy selfe I pray thee from me: yf thou wilt take the left hande, I wyll go to the ryght: or yf thou depart to the ryght hande, I wyll go to the left.
Genesis 13:11
Then Lot chose all the playne of Iordane, and toke his iourney from the east, and so departed the one [brother] from the other.
Genesis 15:16
But in the fourth generation they shal come hyther agayne: for the wickednesse of the Amorites is not yet full.
Genesis 18:20
And the lorde saide: because the crye of Sodome and Gomorrhe is great, and because their sinne is exceding greeuous:
Genesis 38:7
And Er Iudas first borne sonne was wicked in the syght of the Lorde, and the Lorde slewe hym.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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