9And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?
Linguistic Insight
Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.
Cross-References
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day. …
But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?
Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. …
And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-11)We have here Uzzah struck dead for touching the ark, when it was upon its journey towards the city of David, a sad providence, which damped their mirth, stopped the progress of the ark, and for the present, dispersed this great assembly, which had come together to attend it, and sent them home in a fright. I. Uzzah’s offence seems very small. He and his brother Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, in whose…
My Notes
Notes are saved on this device.