And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that [pertaineth] unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
Ver. 12. And it was told king David, saying.] So that now he feared no danger, as Josephus noteth, but resolved upon a better carriage of the matter. It is well observed by a grave divine, a that while the ark brought the plague, everyone was glad to be rid of it: but when it brought a blessing to Obededom, they looked upon it as worthy of entertainment. Many will own a blessing ark, a prospering truth: but he is an Obededom indeed that will own a persecuted, tossed, banished ark.
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