Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed him and all his household.Yahweh’s ark remained in Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house three months; and Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom and all his house.And the ark of the Lord continued in the house of Obed–edom the Gittite three months: and the Lord blessed Obed–edom, and all his household.And the ark of Jehovah remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and Jehovah blessed Obed-edom, and all his house.
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… It says this, and the ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his household. Real quick, a note here. Isn't it so cool that the blessing from God comes when the presence of God is in the home of Obed-Edom? Sometimes we think blessings are like Amazon packages that just show up on the doorstep. Ooh, look at that. Isn't that so cool? The Lord blessed me. No, no, no. I love this. the blessing of God comes when they're in the presence of God. So you get to meet the sender of the package. When you get a blessing in your life, you get to meet with the person who sent that blessing to you that is the Lord. That's good. Verse 12, and it was told King David, the Lord has blessed all the household of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the city of David with rejoicing. …
… and so he was not willing to take the ark of the lord to be with him in the city of david instead he took it to the house of obed edom the gittite now don't you know this guy was happy when they Came knocking on his door. 4,000 people died. 30,000 people died. Two sons died. Their dad died. One of their wives died. 70 people died. Now Uzzah's died. Now we're just going to put this at your house. And the ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom, the Gittite, for three months. And what happened? Nobody died. The Lord blessed him and blessed his entire household. Do you know why? Because they didn't touch the ark of the covenant. they just let it dwell in their midst So David was told, the Lord has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and everything he has because of the Ark of God. So David went to bring up the Ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the city of David with rejoicing. …
… David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, How can the ark of the Lord ever come to me? He was not willing to take the ark of the Lord to be with him in the city of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edon, the Gittite. The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edon, the Gittite, for three months, and the Lord blessed him and his entire household. Now, King David was told the Lord has blessed the household of Obed-Edon and everything he has because of the ark of God. So David went out to bring the ark of God from the house of Obed-Eden to the city of David with rejoicing. Those who were carrying the ark of the Lord had taken six steps. He sacrificed a bull, a fattened calf, wearing a linen ephod. David was dancing before the Lord with all his might, while he and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouts and sounds of trumpets. …