2 Samuel 6:1
What does 2 Samuel 6:1 mean?
A plain-English look at 2 Samuel 6:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And David got together all the fighting-men of Israel to the number of thirty thousand;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And David gathered again every chosen one in Israel, thirty thousand,
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him, from Baale-judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, which is called by the Name, even the name of Jehovah of hosts that sitteth above the cherubim.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Chronicles 13:6
And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God Jehovah that sitteth above the cherubim, that is called by the Name.
- 1 Kings 8:1
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’housesof the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.
- 1 Chronicles 13:1
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.
- Psalms 132:1
Jehovah, remember for David All his affliction;
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