1 Chronicles 13:12 “That day David feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of…”

1 Chronicles 13:12

That day David feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

David was afraid of God that day, saying, “How can I bring God’s ark home to me?”

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And Dauid feared God that day, saying, Howe shall I bring in to me the Arke of God?

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

And David feareth God on that day, saying, 'How do I bring in unto me the ark of God?'

Bible in Basic English

And so great was David's fear of God that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“afraid of God”

Psalm 119:120 1 Samuel 6:20 Isaiah 6:5 Numbers 17:12 Numbers 17:13 1 Samuel 5:10

Psalm 119:120 · BSB

My flesh trembles in awe of You; I stand in fear of Your judgments.

1 Samuel 6:20 · BSB

The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”

Isaiah 6:5 · BSB

Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”

Numbers 17:12 · BSB

Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!

Numbers 17:13 · BSB

Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”

1 Samuel 5:10 · BSB

So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!”

“How”

1 Kings 8:27 Matthew 25:24 Job 25:5 Job 25:6

1 Kings 8:27 · BSB

But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

Matthew 25:24 · BSB

Finally, the servant who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Master, I knew that you are a hard man, reaping where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.

Job 25:5 · BSB

If even the moon does not shine, and the stars are not pure in His sight,

Job 25:6 · BSB

how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

11Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. So he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.

13So he did not move the ark with him to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

Read 1 Chronicles 13