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2 Samuel 6:4-6
English Standard Version
2 Samuel 6:4-6
English Standard Version
4 with the ark of God,[a] and Ahio went before the ark.
Uzzah and the Ark
5 And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, with (A)songs[b] and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals. 6 And when they came to the threshing floor of (B)Nacon, Uzzah (C)put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled.
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- 2 Samuel 6:4 Compare Septuagint; Hebrew the new cart, 4and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill, with the ark of God
- 2 Samuel 6:5 Septuagint, 1 Chronicles 13:8; Hebrew fir trees
2 Samuel 6:4-6
New International Version
2 Samuel 6:4-6
New International Version
4 with the ark of God on it,[a] and Ahio was walking in front of it. 5 David and all Israel were celebrating(A) with all their might before the Lord, with castanets,[b] harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums and cymbals.(B)
6 When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of(C) the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 6:4 Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts; Masoretic Text cart 4 and they brought it with the ark of God from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill
- 2 Samuel 6:5 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 13:8) songs
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