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1 And David consulted with
the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
2 And David said unto all the congregation
of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD
our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left
in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which
are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto
us:
3 And let us bring again the ark of our
God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.
4 And all the congregation said that they
would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
5 So David gathered all Israel together,
from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God
from Kirjathjearim.
6 And David went up, and all Israel, to
Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to
bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the
cherubims, whose name is called on it.
7 And they carried the ark of God in a new
cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
8 And David and all Israel played before
God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with
psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
9 And when they came unto the
threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen
stumbled.
10 And the anger of the LORD was kindled
against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he
died before God.
11 And David was displeased, because the
LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to
this day.
12 And David was afraid of God that day,
saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
13 So David brought not the ark home
to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom
the Gittite.
14 And the ark of God remained with the
family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of
Obededom, and all that he had.
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