Obed-edom

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• So David decided not to move the Ark of the LORD into the City of David. He took it instead to the home of Obed-edom of Gath. - 2 Samuel 6:10



• The Ark of the LORD remained there with the family of Obed-edom for three months, and the LORD blessed him and his entire household. - 2 Samuel 6:11



• Then King David was told, "The LORD has blessed Obed-edom's home and everything he has because of the Ark of God." So David went there and brought the Ark to the City of David with a great celebration. - 2 Samuel 6:12



• So David decided not to move the Ark into the City of David. He took it instead to the home of Obed-edom of Gath. - 1 Chronicles 13:13



• The Ark of God remained there with the family of Obed-edom for three months, and the LORD blessed him and his entire household. - 1 Chronicles 13:14



• The following men were chosen as their assistants: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers, Obed-edom and Jeiel. - 1 Chronicles 15:18



• Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were chosen to play the harps.*4 - 1 Chronicles 15:21



• Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer--all of whom were priests--were chosen to blow the trumpets as they marched in front of the Ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were chosen to guard the Ark. - 1 Chronicles 15:24



• Then David and the leaders of Israel and the generals of the army went to the home of Obed-edom to bring the Ark of the LORD's covenant up to Jerusalem with a great celebration. - 1 Chronicles 15:25



• Asaph, the leader of this group, sounded the cymbals. His assistants were Zechariah (the second), then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They played the harps and lyres. - 1 Chronicles 16:5



• This group included Obed-edom (son of Jeduthun), Hosah, and sixty-eight other Levites as gatekeepers. - 1 Chronicles 16:38



• The sons of Obed-edom, also gatekeepers, were Shemaiah (the oldest), Jehozabad (the second), Joah (the third), Sacar (the fourth), Nethanel (the fifth), - 1 Chronicles 26:4



• Ammiel (the sixth), Issachar (the seventh), and Peullethai (the eighth). God had richly blessed Obed-edom. - 1 Chronicles 26:5



• Obed-edom's son Shemaiah had sons with great ability who earned positions of great authority in the clan. - 1 Chronicles 26:6



• All of these descendants of Obed-edom, including their sons and grandsons--sixty-two of them in all--were very capable men, well qualified for their work. - 1 Chronicles 26:8

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^{New Living Translation Bible used with permission Tyndale House Publishers.}