Discovery Box2 Samuel 6:11 
Context6:11 The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months. The Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his family. 1
2 Samuel 6:17
Context6:17 They brought the ark of the Lord and put it in its place 2 in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before the Lord.
2 Samuel 7:18
Context7:18 King David went in, sat before the Lord, and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, 3 that you should have brought me to this point?
2 Samuel 22:1
Context22:1 4 David sang 5 to the Lord the words of this song when 6 the Lord rescued him from the power 7 of all his enemies, including Saul. 8
2 Samuel 24:25
Context24:25 Then David built an altar for the Lord there and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. And the Lord accepted prayers for the land, and the plague was removed from Israel.
1 tn Heb “house,” both here and in v. 12.
2 tc The Syriac Peshitta lacks “in its place.”
3 tn Heb “house.”
4 sn In this long song of thanks, David affirms that God is his faithful protector. He recalls in highly poetic fashion how God intervened in awesome power and delivered him from death. His experience demonstrates that God vindicates those who are blameless and remain loyal to him. True to his promises, God gives the king victory on the battlefield and enables him to subdue nations. A parallel version of the song appears in Ps 18.
5 tn Heb “spoke.”
6 tn Heb “in the day,” or “at the time.”
7 tn Heb “hand.”
8 tn Heb “and from the hand of Saul.”
