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# How can I bring the ark of God home to me?
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David uses this question to emphasize that he is afraid to take the ark to Jerusalem. This can be translated as a statement. AT: "I am too afraid to bring the ark of Yahweh with me to Jerusalem." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Obed Edom the Gittite
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This is the name of a man. A "Gittite" is a person from the city of Gath. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# in Obed Edom's household in his house
"with Obed Edom's family in his house"
# three months
"3 months" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
# Yahweh blessed his house
Here the word "house" is a metonym for his family. AT: "Yahweh blessed his family" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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