2 Samuel 6:9

David was afraid. — The immediate effect of the judgment was to produce in David, and doubtless in all the people, that awe of the majesty of God in which they had shown themselves deficient. If this was at first excessive, it was soon moderated.

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⁹ And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?

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