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2 Samuel 6:10

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

2 Samuel 6:10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Samuel 6:10

Theological / Devotional

Obed-edom. The name appears in 1 Chron. 15:18, 21 ; 26:4, 8, 15, but the identity cannot positively be established.

Gittite. Hardly a Gathite from Philistia but more likely a one-time inhabitant of the Levitical city Gath-rimmon in Dan or Manasseh, assigned to the Kohathites (Joshua 21:24–26). Thus Obed-edom may have been a member of the family especially appointed to bear the ark (Num. 4:15 ; 7:9).

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