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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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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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. |
