So David was not willing to take the ark of the Lord into the city of David; but David took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
1 Chronicles 16:38 - Revised Standard Version CI and also Obed-edom and his sixty-eight brethren; while Obed-edom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah were to be gatekeepers. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Obed-edom with [his] sixty-eight kinsmen. Also Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, were to be gatekeepers. American Standard Version (1901) and Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers; Common English Bible Obed-edom, Jeduthun’s son, and Hosah served as gatekeepers. Catholic Public Domain Version Now Obededom and his brothers were sixty-eight. And he appointed Obededom, the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah to be porters. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Obededom, with his brethren sixty-eight: and Obededom the son of Idithun, and Hosa he appointed to be porters. |
So David was not willing to take the ark of the Lord into the city of David; but David took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and told them, “We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was no one to be seen or heard there, nothing but the horses tied, and the asses tied, and the tents as they were.”
And the ark of God remained with the household of Obed-edom in his house three months; and the Lord blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that he had.
Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shime-i, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the lyre in thanksgiving and praise to the Lord.
And Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the first-born, his father made him chief),