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2 Samuel 6:18

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Benedictions;   David;   Jerusalem;   Thompson Chain Reference - Benedictions;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Michal;   Uzzah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Blessing;   Jerusalem;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dance;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Michal;   Pilgrimage;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Jerusalem;   King;   Priests and Levites;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Michal ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nachon;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - David;   King;   Priests and Levites;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ark of the covenant;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Samuel, Books of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of Armies.
Hebrew Names Version
When David had made an end of offering the burnt offering and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.
King James Version
And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.
Lexham English Bible
When David had finished from the sacrificing of the burnt offerings and the fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of hosts.
English Standard Version
And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts
New Century Version
When David finished offering the whole burnt offerings and the fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord All-Powerful.
New English Translation
When David finished offering the burnt sacrifices and peace offerings, he pronounced a blessing over the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.
Amplified Bible
When David had finished offering the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts (armies),
New American Standard Bible
When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of armies.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And assoone as Dauid had made an ende of offring burnt offrings and peace offrings, hee blessed the people in the Name of the Lorde of hostes,
Legacy Standard Bible
Then David completed offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings. And he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of hosts.
Contemporary English Version
then he blessed the people in the name of the Lord All-Powerful.
Complete Jewish Bible
When David had finished offering the burnt offering and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Adonai -Tzva'ot.
Darby Translation
And when David had ended offering up the burnt-offerings and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah of hosts.
Easy-to-Read Version
After David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord All-Powerful.
George Lamsa Translation
And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
Good News Translation
When he had finished offering the sacrifices, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord Almighty
Literal Translation
And David finished offering the burnt offerings, and the peace offerings, and blessed the people in the name of Jehovah of Hosts.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan Dauid had made an ende of offerynge the burntofferynges and deedofferynges, he blessed the people in the name of the LORDE Zebaoth,
American Standard Version
And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah of hosts.
Bible in Basic English
And after David had made the burned offerings and the peace-offerings, he gave the people a blessing in the name of the Lord of armies.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And assoone as Dauid had made an ende of offering burnt offeringes and peace offeringes, he blessed the people in the name of the Lorde of hoastes,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
King James Version (1611)
And assoone as Dauid had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, hee blessed the people in the Name of the Lord of hostes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David made an end of offering the whole-burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, and blessed the people in the name of the Lord of Hosts.
English Revised Version
And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
Berean Standard Bible
When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne Dauid hadde endid tho, and hadde offrid brent sacrifices and pesible, he blesside the puple in the name of the Lord of oostis.
Young's Literal Translation
And David finisheth from causing to ascend the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings, and blesseth the people in the name of Jehovah of Hosts,
Update Bible Version
And when David had made an end of offering the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of hosts.
Webster's Bible Translation
And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt-offerings and peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
World English Bible
When David had made an end of offering the burnt offering and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of Hosts.
New King James Version
And when David had finished offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
New Living Translation
When he had finished his sacrifices, David blessed the people in the name of the Lord of Heaven's Armies.
New Life Bible
When he had finished giving the burnt gifts and peace gifts, David prayed that good would come to the people in the name of the Lord of All.
New Revised Standard
When David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the offerings of well-being, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when David had finished offering up the ascending-sacrifice and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of hosts.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had made an end of offering holocausts and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.
Revised Standard Version
And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offering, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.

Contextual Overview

12It was reported to King David that God had prospered Obed-Edom and his entire household because of the Chest of God. So David thought, "I'll get that blessing for myself," and went and brought up the Chest of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David, celebrating extravagantly all the way, with frequent sacrifices of choice bulls. David, ceremonially dressed in priest's linen, danced with great abandon before God . The whole country was with him as he accompanied the Chest of God with shouts and trumpet blasts. But as the Chest of God came into the City of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, happened to be looking out a window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before God , her heart filled with scorn. 17They brought the Chest of God and set it in the middle of the tent pavilion that David had pitched for it. Then and there David worshiped, offering burnt offerings and peace offerings. When David had completed the sacrifices of burnt and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of God -of-the-Angel-Armies and handed out to each person in the crowd, men and women alike, a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. Then everyone went home.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

as soon: 1 Kings 8:55, 1 Chronicles 16:2, 2 Chronicles 6:3, 2 Chronicles 30:18, 2 Chronicles 30:19, 2 Chronicles 30:27, Acts 3:26

he blessed: Genesis 14:19, Exodus 39:43, Leviticus 9:22, Leviticus 9:23, Hebrews 7:1-7

Reciprocal: Joshua 22:6 - General 2 Samuel 6:20 - bless 2 Samuel 19:39 - blessed 1 Kings 3:15 - peace offerings 1 Kings 8:14 - blessed all 2 Kings 16:15 - the king's burnt 2 Chronicles 31:8 - and his people

Cross-References

Genesis 6:9
This is the story of Noah: Noah was a good man, a man of integrity in his community. Noah walked with God. Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 7:1
Next God said to Noah, "Now board the ship, you and all your family—out of everyone in this generation, you're the righteous one.
Genesis 7:13
That's the day Noah and his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, accompanied by his wife and his sons' wives, boarded the ship. And with them every kind of wild and domestic animal, right down to all the kinds of creatures that crawl and all kinds of birds and anything that flies. They came to Noah and to the ship in pairs—everything and anything that had the breath of life in it, male and female of every creature came just as God had commanded Noah. Then God shut the door behind him.
Isaiah 26:20
Come, my people, go home and shut yourselves in. Go into seclusion for a while until the punishing wrath is past, Because God is sure to come from his place to punish the wrong of the people on earth. Earth itself will point out the bloodstains; it will show where the murdered have been hidden away.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith, Noah built a ship in the middle of dry land. He was warned about something he couldn't see, and acted on what he was told. The result? His family was saved. His act of faith drew a sharp line between the evil of the unbelieving world and the rightness of the believing world. As a result, Noah became intimate with God.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings,.... Or these were performed according to his order:

he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts; not as a priest, but as a prince, as the common father of them, wishing them all happiness and prosperity outward and inward, praying to God to bless them with all blessings temporal and spiritual, who is the God of armies above and below, and can do what he pleases, and more than his people can ask or think.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He blessed the people - So did Solomon 1 Kings 8:14.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 6:18. He blessed the people in the name of the Lord — David acted here as priest, for it was the general prerogative of the priests to bless the people, but it appears, by both David and Solomon, that it was the prerogative of the kings also.


 
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