They brought it out of Abinadab’s house, which was in the hill, with God’s ark; and Ahio went before the ark.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    They brought it out of Abinadab’s house, which was in the hill, with God’s ark; and Ahio went before the ark.

  • KJV King James Version

    And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was in the hill, with the ark of God, and Ahio went before the ark.

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Cross-references (2)

Passages linked to 2 Samuel 6:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 1 Chronicles 13:7 They carried God’s ark on a new cart, and brought it out of Abinadab’s house; and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
  • 1 Samuel 7:1-2 The men of Kiriath Jearim came and took Yahweh’s ark, and brought it into Abinadab’s house on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep Yahweh’s ark. From the day that the ark stayed in Kiriath Jearim, the time was long; for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh.

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Explain this verse (7 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 6:4 And they brought it out of the…

2Sa 6:4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which [was] at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.

Ver. 4. And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab.] Where it had been more than forty years. See 1Sa 7:1.

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Which was at Gibeah.] Or, On the hill in Kirjathjearim.

And Ahio went before the ark,] sc., To drive the oxen, as Uzzah came behind it, ut observaret ne illa de plaustro decideret, {a} to take care that the ark fell not out.

{a} Piscator.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To lead the oxen that drew it.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And David and all the house of Israel played…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Sa 6:4-5. Accompanying the ark of God — That…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 4. And they brought — The first part of…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) And they brought it.—The text has undoubtedly suffered…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Accompanying (Hebrew, with) the ark. The verse is evidently…

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