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.


In Context

9 David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, |How shall the ark of Yahweh come to me?|

10 So David would not move the ark of Yahweh to be with him in the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

11 The ark of Yahweh remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three months: and Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom, and all his house.

12 It 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.

13 It was so, that, when those who bore the ark of Yahweh had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.

14 David danced before Yahweh with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod.

2 Samuel 6:12 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:12Now 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.

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 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.