2 Samuel 6:12-19

Uzzah and the Ark

12 And it was told King David, "The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." f So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom g to the city of David with rejoicing. 13 And when h those who bore the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, i he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal. 14 And David j danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was k wearing a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the horn.

David and Michal

16 As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart. 17 And they brought in the ark of the Lord and set it l in its place, inside the tent that David had pitched for it. m And David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. 18 And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, n he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts 19 and distributed among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, a cake of bread, a portion of meat, 1 and a cake of raisins to each one. o Then all the people departed, each to his house.

  1. Cross References
    2 Samuel 6:12 - 19
    And it was told King David, "The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing.
    1 Chronicles 15:25 - 16:3
    So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-edom with rejoicing.
  2. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:1
    Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' houses of the people of Israel, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.
  3. Cross References
    Numbers 4:15
    And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.
    Numbers 7:9
    But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because they were charged with the service of the holy things that had to be carried on the shoulder.
    Joshua 3:3
    And commanded the people, "As soon as you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by the Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place and follow it.
    1 Chronicles 15:2
    Then David said that no one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord had chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister to him forever.
    1 Chronicles 15:15
    And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord.
  4. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:5
    And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 15:20
    Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.
    Psalms 30:11
    You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.
    Psalms 150:4
    Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!
  6. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:18
    Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy clothed with a linen ephod.
  7. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 15:1
    David built houses for himself in the city of David. And he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
    2 Chronicles 1:4
    (But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.)
    Psalms 132:8
    Arise, O Lord, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might.
  8. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:5
    And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
    1 Kings 8:62 - 63
    Then the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord.
  9. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:14
    Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.
    1 Kings 8:55
    And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying.
  10. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 16:43
    Then all the people departed each to his house, and David went home to bless his household.
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