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1 Chronicles 13:12

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And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
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  1. Psalms 119:120Rank 1 from verse 12
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    120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

  2. 1 Kings 8:27Rank 2 from verse 12
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    27But 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?

  3. 1 Samuel 5:10–11Rank 3 from verse 12
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    10¶ 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.

    11So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

  4. 1 Samuel 6:20Rank 4 from verse 12
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    20And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go up from us?

  5. Job 25:5–6Rank 5 from verse 12
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    5Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.

    6How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?

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1 Chronicles 13:12

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day

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Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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ark

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1. The sacred chest called the ark of God, the testimony, or the covenant, made for Israel and set in the tabernacle or temple; the ark of God's testament is also seen in the heavenly temple. 2. The great vessel built by Noah in which his household and living creatures were preserved through the flood. 3. The small covered vessel of bulrushes in which the infant Moses was laid.

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11And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.

12And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?

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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.

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