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2 Samuel 6:9

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And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and said, How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?
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  1. Psalms 119:120Rank 1 from verse 9
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    120My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.

  2. 1 Chronicles 13:11–12Rank 2 from verse 9
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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?

  3. 1 Kings 8:27Rank 3 from verse 9
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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?

  4. 1 Samuel 5:10–11Rank 4 from verse 9
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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.

  5. 1 Samuel 6:20Rank 5 from verse 9
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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?

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2 Samuel 6:9

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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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8And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah to this day.

9And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and said, How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?

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10So David would not remove the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

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