Then all the people departed for their homes, and David returned home to bless his household.
Parallel translations
- WEB All the people departed, each man to his house; and David returned to bless his house.
- KJV And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house.
- NKJV Then all the people departed, every man to his house; and David returned to bless his house.
- NASB Then all the people departed, each to his house; and David returned to bless his household.
- NLT Then all the people returned to their homes, and David turned and went home to bless his own family.
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Quick answer
All the people went home, and David returned to bless his household. Public worship overflowed into the blessing of family and home.
Overview
The great day ends with the people dispersing and David going to bless his own house. Worship of God is not confined to the sanctuary but carries blessing into ordinary family life. David's care to bless his household models how reverence for God shapes the home, a calling renewed for believers in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 2 Sam 6:19–20Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each for his own home.
- 1 Kgs 8:66On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.
- Ps 101:2I will ponder the way that is blameless—when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.
- Gen 18:19For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
- Josh 24:15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
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