2 Samuel 6:3

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“They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart,”

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BSBPD

“They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And they cause the ark of God to ride on a new cart, and lift it up from the house of Abinadab, which <FI>is<Fi> in the height, and Uzzah and Ahio sons of Abinadab are leading the new cart;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 6:3 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 4:5Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.
  2. Numbers 7:4And the LORD said to Moses,
  3. Numbers 7:9But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.
  4. 1 Samuel 6:7Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.
  5. 1 Samuel 7:1Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.
  6. Psalms 132:6We heard that the ark was in Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of Jaar.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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