2nd Samuel Chapter 6 verse 9 Holy Bible
And David was afraid of Jehovah that day; and he said, How shall the ark of Jehovah come unto me?
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And such was David's fear of the Lord that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?
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And David was afraid of Jehovah that day, and said, How shall the ark of Jehovah come to me?
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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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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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David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, How shall the ark of Yahweh come to me?
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and David feareth Jehovah on that day, and saith, `How doth the ark of Jehovah come in unto me?'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - David was afraid. This was his next feeling. Neither he nor Uzzah had offended wilfully, and so severe a punishment for an "error" made him dread the presence of so dangerous a thing as the ark seemed to be. Instead, therefore, of taking it into "the city of David," he turns aside and leaves it in the house of the nearest Levite. In both his anger and his dread David manifests himself to us as one whose ideas about God were somewhat childish. He regards Jehovah as a powerful and capricious Being, who must be appeased. He had attained to juster views in Psalm 16. and other such trustful hymns.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) David was afraid.--The immediate effect of the judgment was to produce in David, and doubtless in all the people, that awe of the majesty of God in which they had shown themselves deficient. If this was at first excessive, it was soon moderated.