What Does 1 Chronicles 13:14 Mean in the King James?
And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The verse binds sacred presence to ordinary life: while the ark remains, the LORD’s blessing reaches the home and all its host possesses.
THE MEANING
The ark remains with the household, and the LORD’s blessing reaches both the house and all that belongs to Obed-edom. The sacred and the ordinary stand together: the blessing includes the life held within the home and beyond it.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
God’s presence concerns only private spiritual life, leaving home and material life outside its reach.
THE ROOT
וַיְבָרֶךְ
vayevarekh
GROWS FROM
ברך
b-r-k
Bless, bless with well-being; the related noun בֶּרֶךְ (berekh) means knee.
“blessed” in this verse is vayevarekh. The same consonants hold blessing beside the body’s bend, giving the word an embodied echo. Here blessing is not left abstract: it extends across a named home and all that its host possesses.
ALSO GROWS
berakhah: Blessing
בְּרָכָה
This noun from the same root makes clear that the LORD’s action reaches beyond Obed-edom himself to his house and all he has.
berekh: Knee
בֶּרֶךְ
The shared consonants place blessing beside the body’s bend, adding a concrete posture to the word’s family.
וַיֵּשֶׁב
vayyeshev
GROWS FROM
ישב
y-sh-b
Sit, dwell, settle, remain
“remained” in this verse is vayyeshev. The verb carries the sense of sitting or dwelling: the ark is pictured as settled with the household. That shifts the emphasis from a passing visit to sustained nearness, followed by blessing that reaches the household’s life.
ALSO GROWS
yoshev: One who sits or dwells
יוֹשֵׁב
This form from the same root echoes the ark’s settled presence among the household.
moshav: Dwelling place, settlement, seat
מוֹשָׁב
This branch keeps the root’s dwelling sense concrete: the house is where the ark remains and blessing unfolds.
THE PATTERN
When divine presence or deliverance enters a household, its reach extends beyond one person to the household around them.
And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field.And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.THE THREAD
And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obed-edom, and all his household.The same root ברך (b-r-k, bless) names the LORD’s action in this parallel telling. It places the ark’s continued dwelling beside blessing that reaches Obed-edom and his whole household.
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