But will God indeed live on earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain you, much less this temple I have built.
1 Chronicles 13:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised David feared God that day and said, ‘How can I ever bring the ark of God to me? ’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And David was afraid of God that day, and he said, How can I bring the ark of God home to me? American Standard Version (1901) And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? Common English Bible David was frightened by God that day. “How will I ever bring God’s chest home to me?” he asked. Catholic Public Domain Version And then he feared God, at that time, saying: "How will I be able to bring in the ark of God to myself?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he feared God at that time, saying: How can I bring in the ark of God to me? |
But will God indeed live on earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain you, much less this temple I have built.
David was angry because of the Lord’s outburst against Uzzah, so he named that place Outburst Against Uzzah, as it is still named today.
So David did not bring the ark of God home to the city of David; instead, he diverted it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.
but David could not go before it to enquire of God, because he was terrified of the sword of the Lord’s angel.
Then I said: Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips and live among a people of unclean lips, and because my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Armies.
‘The man who had received one talent also approached and said, “Master, I know you. You’re a harsh man, reaping where you haven’t sown and gathering where you haven’t scattered seed.
The people of Beth-shemesh asked, ‘Who is able to stand in the presence of the Lord this holy God? To whom should the ark go from here? ’