13He did not take the ark to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.


In Context

10 The Lord 's anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.

11 Then David was angry because the Lord 's wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.

12 David was afraid of God that day and asked, "How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?"

13 He did not take the ark to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

14 The ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house for three months, and the Lord blessed his household and everything he had.

1st Chronicles 13:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:13So David brought not the ark [home] to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed- edom the Gittite.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:13And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:13So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:13And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:13So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:13So David brought not the ark to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:13So 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:13And 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:13So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.