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Contemporary English Version

1 Chronicles 13:7

The sacred chest was still at Abinadab's house, and when David and the crowd arrived there, they brought the chest outside and placed it on a new ox cart. Abinadab's sons Uzzah and Ahio guided the cart,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abinadab;   Ahio;   Kirjath-Jearim;   Uzzah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Abinadab;   Carts;   Uzzah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Music;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abinadab;   Kirjath-Jearim, or Kirjath-Baal;   Uzzah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abinadab;   Ahio;   Uzzah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ahiah;   Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Abinadab;   Ahio;   Chronicles, I;   Uzza;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Abinadab ;   Ahio ;   Uzza, Uzzah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abinadab;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Abin'adab;   Ahi'o;   Uz'za;   Uz'za,;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abinadab;   Ahio;   Ark of the Covenant;   Cart;   David;   Uzza;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Abinadab;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Uzza, Uzzah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
At Abinadab’s house they set the ark of God on a new cart. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart.
Hebrew Names Version
They carried the ark of God on a new cart, [and brought it] out of the house of Avinadav: and Uzza and Achyo drove the cart.
King James Version
And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
English Standard Version
And they carried the ark of God on a new cart, from the house of Abinadab, and Uzzah and Ahio were driving the cart.
New Century Version
The people carried the Ark of God from Abinadab's house on a new cart, and Uzzah and Ahio guided it.
New English Translation
They transported the ark on a new cart from the house of Abinadab; Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart,
Amplified Bible
They carried the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio [his brother] drove the cart.
New American Standard Bible
And they carried the ark of God on a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
World English Bible
They carried the ark of God on a new cart, [and brought it] out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And they caryed the Arke of God in a newe cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Vzza and Ahio guided the cart.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they drove the ark of God on a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio were leading the cart.
Berean Standard Bible
So they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.
Complete Jewish Bible
They set the ark of God on a new cart from the house of Avinadav, with ‘Uza and Achyo, the sons of Avinadav, driving the cart.
Darby Translation
And they carried the ark of God on a new cart out of the house of Abinadab; and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
Easy-to-Read Version
The people moved God's Holy Box from Abinadab's house and put it on a new wagon. Uzzah and Ahio were driving the wagon.
George Lamsa Translation
And they placed the ark of the LORD in a new cart, and carried it out of the house of Abinadab; and Uzza and his brothers drove the cart.
Good News Translation
At Abinadab's house they brought out the Covenant Box and put it on a new cart. Uzzah and Ahio guided the cart,
Lexham English Bible
And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio were driving the cart.
Literal Translation
And they made the ark of God to ride on a new cart from the house of Abinadab. And Uzza and Ahio were leading the cart.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and they caused the Arke of God to be caried vpo a new cart from the house of Abinadab. Vsa and his brethren droue the cart.
American Standard Version
And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
Bible in Basic English
And they put the ark of God on a new cart, and took it out of the house of Abinadab; and Uzza and Ahio were the drivers of the cart.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they carryed the arke of God in a newe carte out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and his brother guided the carte.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, [and brought it] out of the house of Abinadab; and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
King James Version (1611)
And they caried the Arke of God in a new cart, out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza, and Ahio draue the cart.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they set the ark of God on a new waggon brought out of the house of Aminadab: and Oza and his brethren drove the waggon.
English Revised Version
And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, [and brought it] out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei puttiden the arke of the Lord God on a newe wayn fro the hous of Amynadab; forsothe Oza and hise britheren driueden the wayn.
Update Bible Version
And they carried the ark of God on a new cart, [and brought it] out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
New King James Version
So they carried the ark of God on a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
New Living Translation
They placed the Ark of God on a new cart and brought it from Abinadab's house. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart.
New Life Bible
They carried the special box of God on a new wagon from the house of Abinadab. And Uzza and Ahio drove the wagon.
New Revised Standard
They carried the ark of God on a new cart, from the house of Abinadab, and Uzzah and Ahio were driving the cart.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they carried the ark of God, upon a new wagon, out of the house of Aminadab, - and, Uzza and Ahio, were driving the waggon.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart out of the house of Abinadab. And Oza and his brother drove the cart.
Revised Standard Version
And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, from the house of Abin'adab, and Uzzah and Ahi'o were driving the cart.
Young's Literal Translation
And they place the ark of God on a new cart, from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio are leading the cart,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They carried the ark of God on a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.

Contextual Overview

1 Some time later, David talked with his army commanders, 2and then announced to the people of Israel: While Saul was king, the sacred chest was ignored. But now it's time to bring the chest to Jerusalem. We will invite everyone in Israel to come here, including the priests and the Levites in the towns surrounded by pastureland. But we will do these things only if you agree, and if the Lord our God wants us to. 4 The people agreed this was the right thing to do. 5 David gathered everyone from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo-Hamath in the north. 6 Then he led them to Baalah in Judah, which was also called Kiriath-Jearim. They went there to get the sacred chest and bring it to Jerusalem, because it belonged to the Lord God, whose throne is above the winged creatures on the lid of the chest. 7 The sacred chest was still at Abinadab's house, and when David and the crowd arrived there, they brought the chest outside and placed it on a new ox cart. Abinadab's sons Uzzah and Ahio guided the cart, 8 while David and the crowd danced and sang praises to the Lord with all their might. They played music on small harps and other stringed instruments, and on tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

carried the ark: Heb. made the ark to ride, at Numbers 3:10, and again at verse 38. A particular caution is given that strangers must not touch, or even pry into, the most holy things connected with the tabernacle, lest the offender die. In giving the law, also, even a beast which touched Sinai's mount was, by the Almighty's fiat, to be stoned or thrust through with a dart. And again we read - Numbers 4:15 after special orders to Aaron and his sons about covering the sanctuary and all the vessels previously to a removal, that the Kohathites, who were to carry them, "shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die." These were positive commands. May the sin of Uzza in touching the ark, warn Christians to take heed of rashness and irreverence in dealing about holy things. See note on 1 Chronicles 13:9.

in a new cart: 1 Chronicles 15:2, 1 Chronicles 15:13, Numbers 4:15, 1 Samuel 6:7, 2 Samuel 6:3

out of the house: 1 Samuel 7:1, 1 Samuel 7:2

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 6:11 - they laid 2 Samuel 6:4 - General Isaiah 30:29 - with a pipe

Cross-References

Genesis 12:6
Abram went as far as the sacred tree of Moreh in a place called Shechem. The Canaanites were still living in the land at that time,
Genesis 13:14
After Abram and Lot had gone their separate ways, the Lord said to Abram: Look around to the north, south, east, and west.
Genesis 13:15
I will give you and your family all the land you can see. It will be theirs forever!
Genesis 13:18
Abram took down his tents and went to live near the sacred trees of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar in honor of the Lord .
Genesis 21:25
One day, Abraham told Abimelech, "Some of your servants have taken over one of my wells."
Genesis 26:20
But the shepherds of Gerar Valley quarreled with Isaac's shepherds and claimed the water belonged to them. So the well was named "Quarrel," because they had quarreled with Isaac.
Genesis 34:30
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "Look what you've done! Now I'm in real trouble with the Canaanites and Perizzites who live around here. There aren't many of us, and if they attack, they'll kill everyone in my household."
Exodus 2:17
Some shepherds tried to chase them away, but Moses came to their rescue and watered their animals.
Nehemiah 5:9
I continued, "What you have done is wrong! We must honor our God by the way we live, so the Gentiles can't find fault with us.
1 Corinthians 3:3
because you are not yet spiritual. You are jealous and argue with each other. This proves that you are not spiritual and that you are acting like the people of this world.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 13:7. In a new cart — Lest it should be profaned by being placed on any carriage that had been employed about common uses.

Uzza and Ahio — All the versions understand אחיו achyo as signifying brother or brothers; so does Jarchi, who observes, from 2 Samuel 6:3, that these were the sons of Abinadab.


 
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