2 Samuel 6:4
New International Version
with the ark of God on it, and Ahio was walking in front of it.

New Living Translation
that carried the Ark of God. Ahio walked in front of the Ark.

English Standard Version
with the ark of God, and Ahio went before the ark.

Berean Standard Bible
bringing with it the ark of God. And Ahio was walking in front of the ark.

King James Bible
And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.

New King James Version
And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill, accompanying the ark of God; and Ahio went before the ark.

New American Standard Bible
So they brought it with the ark of God from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Ahio was walking ahead of the ark.

NASB 1995
So they brought it with the ark of God from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Ahio was walking ahead of the ark.

NASB 1977
So they brought it with the ark of God from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Ahio was walking ahead of the ark.

Legacy Standard Bible
So they brought it with the ark of God from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Ahio was walking ahead of the ark.

Amplified Bible
So they brought it with the ark of God from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Ahio was walking in front of the ark.

Christian Standard Bible
and brought it with the ark of God from Abinadab’s house on the hill. Ahio walked in front of the ark.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and brought it with the ark of God from Abinadab’s house on the hill. Ahio walked in front of the ark.

American Standard Version
And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was in the hill, with the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab that was in Geban, and Akhia went on before the ark

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And his brethren went before the ark.

Contemporary English Version
with Ahio walking in front of it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when they had taken it out of the house of Abinadab, who was in Gabaa, Ahio having care of the ark of God went before the ark.

English Revised Version
And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was in the hill, with the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They brought it from Abinadab's home, with Ahio walking ahead of the ark.

Good News Translation
with Ahio walking in front.

International Standard Version
As they left Abinadab's house in Gibeah accompanied by the Ark of God, Ahio was walking ahead of the ark.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was in the hill, with the ark of God, and Ahio went before the ark.

Literal Standard Version
and they lift it up from the house of Abinadab, which [is] in the height, with the Ark of God, and Ahio is going before the Ark,

Majority Standard Bible
bringing with it the ark of God. And Ahio was walking in front of the ark.

New American Bible
with Ahio walking before it,

NET Bible
They brought it with the ark of God up from the house of Abinadab on the hill. Ahio was walking in front of the ark,

New Revised Standard Version
with the ark of God; and Ahio went in front of the ark.

New Heart English Bible
with the ark; and Ahio was walking in front of the ark.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.

World English Bible
They brought it out of Abinadab’s house which was in the hill, with God’s ark; and Ahio went before the ark.

Young's Literal Translation
and they lift it up from the house of Abinadab, which is in the height, with the ark of God, and Ahio is going before the ark,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
David Fetches the Ark
3They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart, 4bringing with it the ark of God. And Ahio was walking in front of the ark.

Cross References
1 Samuel 7:1
Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab's house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.

2 Samuel 6:3
They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart,

1 Chronicles 13:7
So they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.


Treasury of Scripture

And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.

1 Samuel 7:1,2
And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD…

1 Chronicles 13:7
And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.

accompanying [heb] with

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2 Samuel 6
1. David fetches the ark from Kirjath Jearim on a new cart,
6. Uzzah is smitten at Perez Uzzah
9. God blesses Obed-Edom for the ark
12. David brings the ark into Zion with sacrifices, and dances before it;
16. for which Michal despises him
17. He places it in a tabernacle with great joy and feasting
20. Michal, reproving David for his joy, is childless to her death














(4) And they brought it.--The text has undoubtedly suffered here through the repetition of a line by the scribes. The whole verse is omitted in the parallel passage in 1 Chronicles 13, and the first half of it (which is a repetition of 2Samuel 6:3) in the LXX.

Verse 4. - Accompanying (Hebrew, with) the ark. The verse is evidently corrupt, and we have no aid from the parallel place in Chronicles, except the fact that it is omitted there. The most probable explanation is that the first half of the verse has been repeated from ver. 3 by the error of some copyist, and that the original words were "Uzzah and Ahio drove the new cart with the ark of God, and Ahio went before the ark." While Uzzah walked at the side, Ahio went before the oxen to guide and manage them, as the Basques may be seen at the present day doing in the south of France.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
bringing
וַיִּשָּׂאֻ֗הוּ (way·yiś·śā·’u·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

with it
עִ֖ם (‘im)
Preposition
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

the ark
אֲר֣וֹן (’ă·rō·wn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 727: A chest, ark

of God
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

from the house
מִבֵּ֤ית (mib·bêṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Abinadab,
אֲבִֽינָדָב֙ (’ă·ḇî·nā·ḏāḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 41: Abinadab -- 'my father is noble', three Israelites

which [was]
אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

on the hill.
בַּגִּבְעָ֔ה (bag·giḇ·‘āh)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1389: A hillock

And Ahio
וְאַחְי֕וֹ (wə·’aḥ·yōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 283: Ahio -- 'brotherly', the name of several Israelites

was walking
הֹלֵ֖ךְ (hō·lêḵ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

in front
לִפְנֵ֥י (lip̄·nê)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

of the ark.
הָאָרֽוֹן׃ (hā·’ā·rō·wn)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 727: A chest, ark


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OT History: 2 Samuel 6:4 They brought it out of the house (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam)
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