2 Samuel 15:25 “Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I…”

2 Samuel 15:25

Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:

World English Bible

The king said to Zadok, “Carry God’s ark back into the city. If I find favor in the LORD’s eyes, he will bring me again, and show me both it and his habitation;

American Standard Version

And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of Jehovah, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the King said vnto Zadok, Carie the Arke of God againe into the citie: if I shall finde fauour in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me againe, and shewe me both it, and the Tabernacle thereof.

Darby Translation

And the king said to Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city. If I shall find favour in the eyes of Jehovah, he will bring me again, and shew me it, and its habitation.

Young's Literal Translation

And the king saith to Zadok, 'Take back the ark of God to the city; if I find grace in the eyes of Jehovah, then He hath brought me back, and shewn me it and His habitation;

Bible in Basic English

And the king said to Zadok, Take the ark of God back into the town: if I have grace in the eyes of the Lord, he will let me come back and see it and his House again:

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Cross references

“Carry back”

1 Samuel 4:3–11 Jeremiah 7:4 2 Samuel 12:10 2 Samuel 12:11

1 Samuel 4:3–11 · BSB

When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with…

Jeremiah 7:4 · BSB

Do not trust in deceptive words, saying: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’

2 Samuel 12:10 · BSB

Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.’

2 Samuel 12:11 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.

“he will bring”

Psalm 26:8 Psalm 84:10 Psalm 84:1–3 Psalm 122:1 Psalm 122:9 Isaiah 38:22

Psalm 26:8 · BSB

O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.

Psalm 84:10 · BSB

For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

Psalm 84:1–3 · BSB

How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!

Psalm 122:1 · BSB

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

Psalm 122:9 · BSB

For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.

Isaiah 38:22 · BSB

And Hezekiah had asked, “What will be the sign that I will go up to the house of the LORD?”

“habitation”

2 Samuel 6:17 2 Samuel 7:2

2 Samuel 6:17 · BSB

So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

2 Samuel 7:2 · BSB

he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”

Also

Jeremiah 25:30 Exodus 15:13

Jeremiah 25:30 · BSB

So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grap…

Exodus 15:13 · BSB

With loving devotion You will lead the people You have redeemed; with Your strength You will guide them to Your holy dwelling.

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

In context

24Zadok was also there, and all the Levites with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had passed out of the city.

26But if He should say, ‘I do not delight in you,’ then here I am; let Him do to me whatever seems good to Him.”

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