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And David
consulted with the captains of thousands and
hundreds, and with every leader.
02 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:
03 And let us bring again the ark of our God to
us: for we enquired not at it in the days of
Saul.
04 And all the congregation said that they would
do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all
the people.
05 So David gathered all Israel together, from
Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath,
to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
06 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.
07 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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08 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.
09 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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