2 Samuel 6 Clementine Vulgate
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1 Congregavit autem rursum David omnes electos ex Israël, triginta millia.
1 David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
2 Surrexitque David, et abiit, et universus populus qui erat cum eo de viris Juda, ut adducerent arcam Dei, super quam invocatum est nomen Domini exercituum, sedentis in cherubim super eam.
2 David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale Judah, to bring up from there God’s ark, which is called by the Name, even the name of Yahweh of Armies who sits above the cherubim.
3 Et imposuerunt arcam Dei super plaustrum novum: tuleruntque eam de domo Abinadab, qui erat in Gabaa: Oza autem et Ahio, filii Abinadab, minabant plaustrum novum.
3 They set God’s ark on a new cart, and brought it out of Abinadab’s house that was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.
4 Cumque tulissent eam de domo Abinadab, qui erat in Gabaa, custodiens arcam Dei Ahio præcedebat arcam.
4 They brought it out of Abinadab’s house which was in the hill, with God’s ark; and Ahio went before the ark.
5 David autem et omnis Israël ludebant coram Domino in omnibus lignis fabrefactis, et citharis et lyris et tympanis et sistris et cymbalis.
5 David and all the house of Israel played before Yahweh with all kinds of instruments made of cypress wood, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with castanets, and with cymbals.
6 Postquam autem venerunt ad aream Nachon, extendit Oza manum ad arcam Dei, et tenuit eam: quoniam calcitrabant boves, et declinaverunt eam.
6 When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached for God’s ark and took hold of it, for the cattle stumbled.
7 Iratusque est indignatione Dominus contra Ozam, et percussit eum super temeritate: qui mortuus est ibi juxta arcam Dei.
7 Yahweh’s anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by God’s ark.
8 Contristatus est autem David, eo quod percussisset Dominus Ozam, et vocatum est nomen loci illius: Percussio Ozæ, usque in diem hanc.
8 David was displeased because Yahweh had broken out against Uzzah; and he called that place Perez Uzzah to this day.
9 Et extimuit David Dominum in die illa, dicens: Quomodo ingredietur ad me arca Domini?
9 David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, “How could Yahweh’s ark come to me?”
10 Et noluit divertere ad se arcam Domini in civitatem David: sed divertit eam in domum Obededom Gethæi.
10 So David would not move Yahweh’s ark to be with him in David’s city; but David carried it aside into Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house.
11 Et habitavit arca Domini in domo Obededom Gethæi tribus mensibus: et benedixit Dominus Obededom, et omnem domum ejus.
11 Yahweh’s ark remained in Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house three months; and Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom and all his house.
12 Nuntiatumque est regi David quod benedixisset Dominus Obededom, et omnia ejus, propter arcam Dei. Abiit ergo David, et adduxit arcam Dei de domo Obededom in civitatem David cum gaudio: et erant cum David septem chori, et victima vituli.
12 King David was told, “Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that belongs to him, because of God’s ark.” So David went and brought up God’s ark from the house of Obed-Edom into David’s city with joy.
13 Cumque transcendissent qui portabant arcam Domini sex passus, immolabat bovem et arietem,
13 When those who bore Yahweh’s ark had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
14 et David saltabat totis viribus ante Dominum: porro David erat accinctus ephod lineo.
14 David danced before Yahweh with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod.
15 Et David et omnis domus Israël ducebant arcam testamenti Domini in jubilo, et in clangore buccinæ.
15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up Yahweh’s ark with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.
16 Cumque intrasset arca Domini in civitatem David, Michol filia Saul, prospiciens per fenestram, vidit regem David subsilientem atque saltantem coram Domino: et despexit eum in corde suo.
16 As Yahweh’s ark came into David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out through the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before Yahweh; and she despised him in her heart.
17 Et introduxerunt arcam Domini, et imposuerunt eam in loco suo in medio tabernaculi, quod tetenderat ei David: et obtulit David holocausta et pacifica coram Domino.
17 They brought in Yahweh’s ark, and set it in its place in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
18 Cumque complesset offerens holocausta et pacifica, benedixit populo in nomine Domini exercituum.
18 When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of Armies.
19 Et partitus est universæ multitudini Israël tam viro quam mulieri singulis collyridam panis unam, et assaturam bubulæ carnis unam, et similam frixam oleo: et abiit omnis populus, unusquisque in domum suam.
19 He gave to all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to everyone a portion of bread, dates, and raisins. So all the people departed, each to his own house.
20 Reversusque est David ut benediceret domui suæ: et egressa Michol filia Saul in occursum David, ait: Quam gloriosus fuit hodie rex Israël discooperiens se ante ancillas servorum suorum, et nudatus est, quasi si nudetur unus de scurris.
20 Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How glorious the king of Israel was today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of his servants’ maids, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!”
21 Dixitque David ad Michol: Ante Dominum, qui elegit me potius quam patrem tuum et quam omnem domum ejus, et præcepit mihi ut essem dux super populum Domini in Israël
21 David said to Michal, “It was before Yahweh, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Yahweh, over Israel. Therefore I will celebrate before Yahweh.
22 et Judam, et vilior fiam plus quam factus sum: et ero humilis in oculis meis, et cum ancillis de quibus locuta es, gloriosior apparebo.
22 I will be yet more undignified than this, and will be worthless in my own sight. But the maids of whom you have spoken will honor me.”
23 Igitur Michol filiæ Saul non est natus filius usque in diem mortis suæ.
23 Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abinadab
The men of Kiriath-jearim brought the ark of the LORD into his house on the hill, where his son Eleazar guarded it; his sons Uzzah and Ahio later guided the new cart that carried…
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 7:1; 2 Samuel 6:3; 1 Chronicles 13:7
Ahio
Son of Abinadab who walked in front of the ark while he and his brother Uzzah guided the new cart.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 6:3; 2 Samuel 6:4; 1 Chronicles 13:7
David
The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.
Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6
Michal
Saul's daughter who loved David and became his first wife amid her father's schemes.
Cited in the guide: 1 Samuel 18:20-27; 2 Samuel 6:16-23
Obed-edom
The Gittite in whose house David left the ark of the LORD for three months; the LORD blessed him and all his household. 1 Chronicles 16:38 names 'Obed-edom son of Jeduthun' among…
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 6:10; 2 Samuel 6:11; 2 Samuel 6:12
Uzzah
Son of Abinadab who, with his brother Ahio, guided the new cart carrying the ark; when the oxen stumbled he took hold of the ark and God struck him down beside it.
Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 6:3; 2 Samuel 6:6; 2 Samuel 6:7
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Chronicles 13:1–4; 1 Chronicles 13:6–14; 1 Kings 8:1; Psalm 132:1–6
- 2 1 Samuel 4:4; Psalm 80:1; 1 Chronicles 13:5–6; Exodus 25:18–22; 1 Samuel 7:1
- 3 1 Samuel 6:7; Numbers 7:4–9
- 4 1 Chronicles 13:7; 1 Samuel 7:1–2
- 5 Psalm 150:3–5; 1 Chronicles 13:8; Amos 5:23; Psalm 68:25–27; 1 Chronicles 15:10–24
- 6 1 Chronicles 13:9; Numbers 4:15; Numbers 4:19–20
- 7 1 Samuel 6:19; 1 Chronicles 15:13; 1 Chronicles 13:10; 1 Chronicles 15:2; 1 Corinthians 11:30–32
- 8 1 Chronicles 13:11–12; Jonah 4:1; Jonah 4:9
- 9 Psalm 119:120; 1 Chronicles 13:11–12; Numbers 17:12–13; 1 Samuel 6:20; 1 Kings 8:27
- 10 1 Chronicles 26:4–8; 1 Chronicles 13:13–14; 2 Samuel 15:19; 1 Chronicles 16:5; 2 Samuel 4:3
- 11 Genesis 39:5; Genesis 30:27; Proverbs 3:9–10; Malachi 3:10; Genesis 39:23
- 12 1 Chronicles 15:25–16:3; 1 Kings 8:1; Matthew 10:42; Psalm 68:24–27; Psalm 24:7–10
- 13 1 Chronicles 15:15; 1 Kings 8:5; Numbers 4:15; Numbers 7:9; 1 Chronicles 15:2
- 14 1 Samuel 2:18; Exodus 15:20; Psalm 149:3; Psalm 150:4; Judges 11:34
- 15 Psalm 68:24–27; Psalm 47:1; Joshua 6:4–5; Numbers 10:1–10; Psalm 47:5–6
- 16 1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Chronicles 15:29; 2 Samuel 3:14; Acts 2:13; Psalm 69:7
- 17 2 Chronicles 1:4; 1 Chronicles 15:1; Psalm 132:8; 1 Kings 8:5; 1 Kings 8:62–65
- 18 1 Chronicles 16:2; 1 Kings 8:55; 1 Kings 8:14; Acts 3:26; 2 Chronicles 6:3
- 19 Nehemiah 8:10; 1 Kings 8:66; 2 Chronicles 30:24; 2 Chronicles 7:10; Ezekiel 45:17
- 20 2 Samuel 6:16; 2 Samuel 6:14; Judges 9:4; Mark 3:21; Philippians 2:7–8
- 21 Acts 13:22; 2 Samuel 6:16; Psalm 89:19–20; 1 Samuel 13:14; 1 Samuel 15:28
- 22 1 Peter 4:14; Hebrews 12:2; Isaiah 51:7; 1 Timothy 1:15; Matthew 5:11–12
- 23 Matthew 1:25
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences