📖WEB · 2 Samuel 6:13
What does 2 Samuel 6:13 mean?
"When those who bore Yahweh’s ark had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf."
— 2 Samuel 6:13 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
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.
Yahweh’s ark remained in Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house three months; and Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom and all his house.
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.
When those who bore Yahweh’s ark had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
David danced before Yahweh with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod.
So David and all the house of Israel brought up Yahweh’s ark with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
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.
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