1 Chronicles 13:13
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New International Version (©2011)
He did not take the ark to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

New Living Translation (©2007)
So David did not move the Ark into the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.

English Standard Version (©2001)
So David did not take the ark home into the city of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
So David did not take the ark with him to the city of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
So David did not move the ark of God home to the city of David; instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

International Standard Version (©2012)
As a result, David would not take the ark into the City of David for it to be in his care. Instead, he took it to the home of Obed-edom the Gittite.

NET Bible (©2006)
So David did not move the ark to the City of David; he left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
So he didn't bring God's ark to his [home], the City of David. Instead, he rerouted it to the home of Obed Edom, who was from Gath.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

American King James Version
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.

American Standard Version
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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Darby Bible Translation
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.

English Revised Version
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

13:6-14 Let the sin of Uzza warn all to take heed of presumption, rashness, and irreverence, in dealing with holy things; and let none think that a good design will justify a bad action. Let the punishment of Uzza teach us not to dare to trifle with God in our approaches to him; yet let us, through Christ, come boldly to the throne of grace. If the gospel be to some a savour of death unto death, as the ark was to Uzza, yet let us receive it in the love of it, and it will be to us a savour of life unto life.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 13. - Obed-edom the Gittite. That Obed-edom is called "the Gittite," i.e. of Gath-rimmon, a Levite city of Dan (Joshua 21:24), might probably indicate that there was another Obed-edom, from whom to distinguish him. Such a one would appear readily to offer in the name of Obed-edom, son of Jeduthun, a "Merarite Levite" (ch. 15:18-24; 16:5, 38; 26:4-15). But the difficulty occurs that an expression in this last quotation seems to identify him with the Obed-edom of 2 Samuel 6:11; and the last sentence of our next verse. If they are one and the same, it has been suggested that marriage might account for the Merarite living in a Kohathite city (see 'Speaker's Commentary' on 2 Samuel 6:10).

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Uzzah and the Ark
…12And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? 13So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. 14And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.

2 Samuel 6:10 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.
1 Chronicles 13:12 David was afraid of God that day and asked, "How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?"
1 Chronicles 15:25 So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of units of a thousand went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-Edom, with rejoicing.