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2 Samuel 6:15

David
JoyPraise and worship

13 When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.

14 And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,

while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn.

16 As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.

17 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.

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BSB
while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn.
KJV
So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
WEB
So David and all the house of Israel brought up the LORD’s ark with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.
ASV
So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of Jehovah with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
DARBY
And David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of Jehovah with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
BLB
And David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of YHWH with shouting and with the voice of the shofar.
ÅB
Slik førte David og hele Israels hus Herrens ark opp med fryderop og basunklang.
OTB
Så brakte David og hele Israels hus opp Herrens ark med gledeshyl og med lyden av trompeten.
B1930
Således førte David og hele Israels hus Herrens ark op med fryderop og basunklang.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 68:24–27

    They have seen Your procession, O God— the march of my God and King into the sanctuary.

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  • Psalms 47:1

    Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.

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  • Joshua 6:4–5

    Have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark. Then on the seventh day, march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns.

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  • Numbers 10:1–10

    Then the LORD said to Moses,

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  • Psalms 47:5–6

    God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.

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  • 1 Chronicles 15:25

    So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.

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  • 1 Chronicles 15:16

    David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.

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  • Ezra 3:10–11

    When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.

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