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2 Samuel 6:5-7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 Samuel 6:5-7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
5 David and the whole house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord with all kinds of fir wood instruments,[a] lyres, harps, tambourines, sistrums,[b] and cymbals.(A)
6 When they came to Nacon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out to the ark of God and took hold of it because the oxen had stumbled. 7 Then the Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah,(B) and God struck him dead on the spot for his irreverence,(C) and he died there next to the ark of God.
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- 2 Samuel 6:5 DSS, LXX read with tuned instruments with strength, with songs; 1Ch 13:8
- 2 Samuel 6:5 = an Egyptian percussion instrument
2 Samuel 6:5-7
New International Version
2 Samuel 6:5-7
New International Version
5 David and all Israel were celebrating(A) with all their might before the Lord, with castanets,[a] harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums and cymbals.(B)
6 When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of(C) the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. 7 The Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act;(D) therefore God struck him down,(E) and he died there beside the ark of God.
Footnotes
- 2 Samuel 6:5 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 13:8) songs
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