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2 Samuel 6:17
So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator recounts the moment immediately following David’s dancing and Michal’s contempt, as the ark enters the City of David and is placed in the tent David prepared.
The words — וַ/יַּצִּ֤גוּ (va/i.ya.Tzi.gu) = and/ they set [H3322] governs the object pronoun אֹת/וֹ֙ ('o.T/o) = <obj.>/ it [H853], specifying that the ark is positioned in its designated location.
The thread — The preparation of a specific location for the ark recurs in 1 Chronicles 15:1 and 2 Chronicles 1:4, while 1 Kings 8:5 records sacrifices offered before it.
Why it lands — The text states the physical placement of the ark and David’s immediate sacrificial response, requiring the reader to observe the narrative sequence without importing external theological claims.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
Cross-references
- 1 Chronicles 15:1 David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
- 2 Chronicles 1:4 Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.
- 1 Kings 8:5 There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
- 1 Kings 8:62 Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.
- Psalms 132:8 Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.
- 2 Chronicles 5:6 There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
- 2 Chronicles 7:5 And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
- Ezra 6:16 Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.
- 1 Chronicles 16:1 So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.