2Sa 6:2 | HCSB | STEP | He and all his troops set out to bring the ark of God from Baale-judah . The ark is called by the Name , the name of Yahweh of Hosts who dwells between the cherubim .

2 Samuel 6:2

2 He and all his troops set out ^a to bring the ark of God from Baale-judah. ^{▼▼= Kiriath-jearim in 1Sa 7:1; 1Ch 13:6; 2Ch 1:4} The ark is called by the Name, the name of ^{▼▼Yahweh/Yah: Or The Lord; the personal name of God in Hebrew; "Yah" is the shortened form of the name.}Yahweh of ^{▼▼Hosts/hosts: Military forces consisting of God's angels, sometimes including the sun, moon, and stars, and occasionally, Israel}Hosts who dwells between the ^{▼▼cherubim: A class of winged angels, associated with the throne of God, who function as guardians and who prevented Adam and Eve from returning to the garden of Eden}cherubim. ^f