Obed-Edom (the Gittite)

• 1 Chronicles 13:12–14 say, “David was afraid of God that day, saying, ‘How can I bring God’s ark home to me?’ So David didn’t move the ark with him into David’s city, but carried it aside into Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house. God’s ark remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house three months; and the LORD blessed Obed-Edom’s house and all that he had.” 15:25 says, “So David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands went to bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant up out of the house of Obed-Edom with joy.”
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  • 1CH 13:9–14, engwebp

    ⁹When they came to Chidon’s threshing floor, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled.

    ¹⁰The LORD’s anger burned against Uzza, and he struck him because he put his hand on the ark; and he died there before God.

    ¹¹David was displeased, because the LORD had broken out against Uzza. He called that place Perez Uzza, to this day.

    ¹²David was afraid of God that day, saying, “How can I bring God’s ark home to me?”

    ¹³So David didn’t move the ark with him into David’s city, but carried it aside into Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house.

    ¹⁴God’s ark remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house three months; and the LORD blessed Obed-Edom’s house and all that he had.

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  • 1CH 15:25–28, engwebp

    ²⁵So David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands went to bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant up out of the house of Obed-Edom with joy.

    ²⁶When God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the LORD’s covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

    ²⁷David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who bore the ark, the singers, and Chenaniah the choir master with the singers; and David had an ephod of linen on him.

    ²⁸Thus all Israel brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant up with shouting, with sound of the cornet, with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with stringed instruments and harps.

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• 1 Chronicles 15:18 names among “their brothers of the second rank” “Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers”; 15:21 names Obed-Edom among those “with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead”; and 15:24 says, “Obed-Edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.” 16:4–5 name Obed-Edom among the Levites appointed to minister before the LORD’s ark, after “Asaph the chief”, and 16:38 names “Obed-Edom with their sixty-eight relatives; Obed-Edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers”. The Korean Revised Version reads 16:38 오벧에돔과 그 형제 육십 팔인과 여두둔의 아들 오벧에돔과 호사로 문지기를 삼았고 (Obed-Edom and his sixty-eight brothers, and Obed-Edom the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, he made doorkeepers).
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  • 1CH 15:16–24, engwebp

    ¹⁶David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up their voices with joy.

    ¹⁷So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

    ¹⁸and with them their brothers of the second rank: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.

    ¹⁹So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud;

    ²⁰and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with stringed instruments set to Alamoth;

    ²¹and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.

    ²²Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the singing. He taught the singers, because he was skillful.

    ²³Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

    ²⁴Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before God’s ark; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

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  • 1CH 16:4–6, engwebp

    ⁴He appointed some of the Levites to minister before the LORD’s ark, and to commemorate, to thank, and to praise the LORD, the God of Israel:

    ⁵Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, with stringed instruments and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud;

    ⁶with Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually, before the ark of the covenant of God.

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  • 1CH 16:37–42, engwebp

    ³⁷So he left Asaph and his brothers there before the ark of the LORD’s covenant, to minister before the ark continually, as every day’s work required;

    ³⁸and Obed-Edom with their sixty-eight relatives; Obed-Edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers;

    ³⁹and Zadok the priest and his brothers the priests, before the LORD’s tabernacle in the high place that was at Gibeon,

    ⁴⁰to offer burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the LORD’s law, which he commanded to Israel;

    ⁴¹and with them Heman and Jeduthun and the rest who were chosen, who were mentioned by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his loving kindness endures forever;

    ⁴²and with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.

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• 1 Chronicles 26:4–5 name among the divisions of the doorkeepers “Obed-Edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn” and the rest to “Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him.” 26:8 ends, “sixty-two of Obed-Edom”, and 26:15 says, “To Obed-Edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse.” The Korean Revised Version names Obed-Edom at 26:5 (이는 하나님이 오벧에돔에게 복을 주셨음이며, for God blessed Obed-Edom), where WEB says “him”.
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  • 1CH 26:1–11, engwebp

    ¹For the divisions of the doorkeepers: of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph.

    ²Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

    ³Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, and Eliehoenai the seventh.

    ⁴Obed-Edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,

    ⁵Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, and Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him.

    ⁶Sons were also born to Shemaiah his son, who ruled over the house of their father; for they were mighty men of valor.

    ⁷The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose relatives were valiant men, Elihu, and Semachiah.

    ⁸All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom with their sons and their brothers, able men in strength for the service: sixty-two of Obed-Edom.

    ⁹Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, eighteen valiant men.

    ¹⁰Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief),

    ¹¹Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. All the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen.

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  • 1CH 26:12–19, engwebp

    ¹²Of these were the divisions of the doorkeepers, even of the chief men, having offices like their brothers, to minister in the LORD’s house.

    ¹³They cast lots, the small as well as the great, according to their fathers’ houses, for every gate.

    ¹⁴The lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward.

    ¹⁵To Obed-Edom southward; and to his sons the storehouse.

    ¹⁶To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goes up, watchman opposite watchman.

    ¹⁷Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and for the storehouse two and two.

    ¹⁸For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.

    ¹⁹These were the divisions of the doorkeepers; of the sons of the Korahites, and of the sons of Merari.

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• 2 Samuel 6:9–11 say, “David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, ‘How could the LORD’s ark come to me?’ So David would not move the LORD’s ark to be with him in David’s city; but David carried it aside into Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house. The LORD’s ark remained in Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house three months; and the LORD blessed Obed-Edom and all his house.”
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  • 2SA 6:6–11, engwebp

    ⁶When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached for God’s ark and took hold of it, for the cattle stumbled.

    ⁷The LORD’s anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by God’s ark.

    ⁸David was displeased because the LORD had broken out against Uzzah; and he called that place Perez Uzzah to this day.

    ⁹David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, “How could the LORD’s ark come to me?”

    ¹⁰So David would not move the LORD’s ark to be with him in David’s city; but David carried it aside into Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house.

    ¹¹The LORD’s ark remained in Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house three months; and the LORD blessed Obed-Edom and all his house.

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2 Samuel 6:10–11 and 1 Chronicles 13:13–14 call the man in whose house the ark remained three months Obed-Edom the Gittite, and say, “the LORD blessed Obed-Edom and all his house” (2 Samuel 6:11) and “the LORD blessed Obed-Edom’s house and all that he had” (1 Chronicles 13:14). 1 Chronicles 15:25 says, “So David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands went to bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant up out of the house of Obed-Edom with joy.” The text does not call Obed-Edom the Gittite a Levite. 1 Chronicles 15:18, 15:21 and 15:24 name Obed-Edom among the brothers the Levites appointed, as a doorkeeper and with harps; 16:5 names him among the Levites appointed to minister before the ark; and 16:38 names “Obed-Edom with their sixty-eight relatives; Obed-Edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers” (the Korean Revised Version: 오벧에돔과 그 형제 육십 팔인과 여두둔의 아들 오벧에돔과 호사로 문지기를 삼았고). 26:4–8 and 26:15 name Obed-Edom’s sons among the divisions of the doorkeepers and his lot southward, and 26:5 says, “for God blessed him” (the Korean Revised Version: 이는 하나님이 오벧에돔에게 복을 주셨음이며, for God blessed Obed-Edom). The text does not say whether Obed-Edom the Gittite and the doorkeeper are one man, or whether 16:38 names one man twice or two men. This collection records the Gittite and the doorkeeper apart, gives the Gittite the mentions of 13:13–14 and 15:25 and the doorkeeper those of 15:18–24 and chapters 16 and 26, records no relation from Jeduthun, and decides none of it.