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Again,
David gathered together all the chosen men of
Israel, thirty thousand.
02 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.
03 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.
04 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.
05 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.
06 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.
07 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.
08 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.
09 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.
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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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