Then all the people departed, each to his house; and David returned 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.
- BSB Then all the people departed for their homes, and David returned home to bless his household.
- NKJV Then all the people departed, every man to his house; and David returned to bless his house.
- 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 6:19–20He gave to all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to everyone a portion of bread, dates, and raisins. So all the people departed, each to his own house.
- 1 Kgs 8:66On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad in their hearts for all the goodness that Yahweh had shown to David his servant, and to Israel his people.
- Ps 101:2I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
- Gen 18:19For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him.”
- Josh 24:15If it seems evil to you to serve Yahweh, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve Yahweh.”
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