2 Samuel 6:4

2 Samuel 6:4

And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.

a. NLT: carrying the Ark of God. Ahio walked in front of the Ark.

b. NIV: with the ark of God on it, and Ahio was walking in front of it.

c. YLT: and they lift it up from the house of Abinadab, which is in the height, with the ark of God, and Ahio is going before the ark,

d. Amplified Bible Classic: And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill, with the ark of God; and Ahio went before the ark.

e. Septuagint: And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill, with the ark of God; and Ahio went before the ark.

f. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: They carried it from Abinadab’s house which was in Gibeah, with the Ark of God, and Ahio walked in front of Ark.

1. “And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah…”

a. And they brought it [5375 * nasa' naw-saw' or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}; a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows):--accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.]

b. out of the house [1004 * bayith] [Strong: probably from 1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.):--court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).]

c. of Abinadab [41 *  'Abiynadab] [Strong: from 1 and 5068; father of generosity (i.e. liberal); Abinadab, the name of four Israelites:--Abinadab.]

d. which was at Gibeah [1390 * Gib`ah] [Strong: the same as 1389; Gibah; the name of three places in Palestine:--Gibeah, the hill.]

1). Only the KJV and the Jewish Stone Edition, have “Gibeah” here. All the others either have “the hill” . Looking at a map. Kirjath-Jearim was about 5 miles from the city of Gibeah. Also when the ark was removed from the Philistines by the inhabitants of  Kirjath-Jearim there is mention of a “hill” not Gibeah. It seems reasonable that the citizens of Kirjath-Jearim would bring the ark to their own area not to Gibeah.

a). 1 Samuel 7:1 And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.

2. “…accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.”

a. accompanying [5973 * `im] [Strong: from 6004; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English):--accompanying, against, and, as (X long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-)to, with(-al).]

b. the ark [727 * 'arown; or laron] [Strong: from 717 (in the sense of gathering); a box:--ark, chest, coffin.]

c. of God [430 * 'elohiym] [Strong: plural of 433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative:--angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.]

d. and Ahio [283 * 'Achyow] [Strong: prolonged from 251; brotherly; Achio, the name of three Israelites:--Ahio.]

e. went [1980 * halak] [Strong: akin to 3212; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively):--(all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.]

f. before [6440 * paniym] [Strong:  plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.):--+ accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.]

g. the ark [727 * 'arown; or laron] [Strong: from 717 (in the sense of gathering); a box:--ark, chest, coffin.]

1). The comparative verse is found in 1 Chronicles 13.

a). 1 Chronicles 13:7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.