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1 Again, David gathered
together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
2 And David arose, and went with all the
people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence
the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that
dwelleth between the cherubims.
3 And they set the ark of God upon a new
cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and
Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.
4 And they brought it out of the house of
Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went
before the ark.
5 And David and all the house of Israel
played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood,
even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on
cymbals.
6 And when they came to
Nachon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God,
and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled
against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died
by the ark of God.
8 And David was displeased, because the
LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place
Perezuzzah to this day.
9 And David was afraid of the LORD that
day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?
10 So David would not remove the ark of
the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the
house of Obededom the Gittite.
11 And the ark of the LORD continued in
the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom,
and all his household.
12 And it was told king
David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth
unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God
from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.
13 And it was so, that when they
that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and
fatlings.
14 And David danced before the LORD with
all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.
15 So David and all the house of Israel
brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
16 And as the ark of the LORD came into
the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw
king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her
heart.
17 And they brought in the ark of the
LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had
pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the
LORD.
18 And as soon as David had made an end of
offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name
of the LORD of hosts.
19 And he dealt among all the people, even
among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a
cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So
all the people departed every one to his house.
20 Then David returned to
bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and
said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day
in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows
shamelessly uncovereth himself!
21 And David said unto Michal, It was
before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to
appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play
before the LORD.
22 And I will yet be more vile than thus,
and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast
spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.
23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul
had no child unto the day of her death.
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