12Now King David was told, "The Lord has blessed the household of Obed- Edom and everything he has, because of the ark of God." So David went down and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with rejoicing.


In Context

9 David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, "How can the ark of the Lord ever come to me?"

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

11 The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months, and the Lord blessed him and his entire household.

12 Now King David was told, "The Lord has blessed the household of Obed- Edom and everything he has, because of the ark of God." So David went down and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with rejoicing.

13 When those who were carrying the ark of the Lord had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.

14 David, wearing a linen ephod, danced before the Lord with all his might,

2nd Samuel 6:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:12And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed- edom, and all that [pertaineth] unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed- edom into the city of David with gladness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:12And it was told king David, that the Lord had blessed Obededom, and all that he had, because of the ark of God. So David went, and brought away the ark of God out of the house of Obededom into the city of David with joy. And there were with David seven choirs, and calves for victims.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:12And it was told king David, saying, Jehovah hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. And David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with joy.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12And it was told king David, saying, Jehovah has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that is his, because of the ark of God. And David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom into the city of David with joy.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:12And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth to him, because of the ark of God. And David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with joy.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth to him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12It was told king David, saying, |Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that pertains to him, because of the ark of God.| David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom into the city of David with joy.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:12And it is declared to king David, saying, 'Jehovah hath blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that he hath, because of the ark of God;' and David goeth and bringeth up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the city of David with joy.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:12And it was told king David, saying, The LORD has blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertains to him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.