1-Chronicles - 13:13

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13 So David didn't move the ark to him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Chronicles 13:13.

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So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
And therefore he brought it not home to himself, that is, into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gethite.
And David brought not the ark home unto himself into the city of David, but he carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
So David brought not the ark to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
And David hath not turned aside the ark unto himself, unto the city of David, and turneth it aside unto the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
So David did not let the ark come back to him to the town of David, but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
So David did not move the ark to him into the City of David, but diverted it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
And for this reason, he did not bring it to himself, that is, into the City of David. Instead, he turned aside to the house of Obededom, the Gittite.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

So David brought not the ark [home] to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of (g) Obededom the Gittite.
(g) Who was a Levite, and called Gittite, because he dwelt at Gath.

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