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Chapter 13 |
| 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 inquired 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. |
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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 cherubim, 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. |
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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.
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| 9 | And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his
hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. |
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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. |
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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. |
