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1. David talked with all the officers of his army, the commanders of a hundred men and the commanders of a thousand men.
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1. And David H1732 consulted H3289 with H5973 the captains H8269 of thousands H505 and hundreds H3967 , and with every H3605 leader H5057 .
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2. Then David called the people of Israel together and said, "If you think it is a good idea, and if it is what the Lord our God wants, let's send a message. Let's tell our fellow Israelites in all the areas of Israel and the priests and Levites living with them in their towns and pastures to come and join us.
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2. And David H1732 said H559 unto all H3605 the congregation H6951 of Israel H3478 , If H518 it seem good H2895 unto H5921 you , and that it be of H4480 the LORD H3068 our God H430 , let us send H7971 abroad H6555 unto H5921 our brethren H251 every where, that are left H7604 in all H3605 the land H776 of Israel H3478 , and with H5973 them also to the priests H3548 and Levites H3881 which are in their cities H5892 and suburbs H4054 , that they may gather themselves H6908 unto H413 us:
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3. Let's bring the Ark of our God back to us. We did not use it to ask God for help while Saul was king."
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3. And let us bring again H5437 H853 the ark H727 of our God H430 to H413 us: for H3588 we inquired H1875 not H3808 at it in the days H3117 of Saul H7586 .
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4. All the people agreed with David, because they all thought it was the right thing to do.
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4. And all H3605 the congregation H6951 said H559 that they would do H6213 so H3651 : for H3588 the thing H1697 was right H3474 in the eyes H5869 of all H3605 the people H5971 .
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5. So David gathered all the Israelites, from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo Hamath, to bring the Ark of God back from the town of Kiriath Jearim.
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5. So David H1732 gathered H6950 H853 all H3605 Israel H3478 together, from H4480 Shihor H7883 of Egypt H4714 even unto H5704 the entering H935 of Hemath H2574 , to bring H935 H853 the ark H727 of God H430 from Kirjath H4480 H7157 -jearim.
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6. David and all the Israelites with him went to Baalah of Judah, which is Kiriath Jearim, to get the Ark of God the Lord. God's throne is between the golden, winged creatures on the Ark, and the Ark is called by his name.
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6. And David H1732 went up H5927 , and all H3605 Israel H3478 , to Baalah H1173 , that is , to H413 Kirjath H7157 -jearim, which H834 belonged to Judah H3063 , to bring up H5927 thence H4480 H8033 H853 the ark H727 of God H430 the LORD H3068 , that dwelleth H3427 between the cherubims H3742 , whose H834 name H8034 is called H7121 on it .
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7. The people carried the Ark of God from Abinadab's house on a new cart, and Uzzah and Ahio guided it.
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7. And they carried H7392 H853 the ark H727 of God H430 in H5921 a new H2319 cart H5699 out of the house H4480 H1004 of Abinadab H41 : and Uzza H5798 and Ahio H283 drove H5090 the cart H5699 .
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8. David and all the Israelites were celebrating in the presence of God. With all their strength they were singing and playing lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
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8. And David H1732 and all H3605 Israel H3478 played H7832 before H6440 God H430 with all H3605 their might H5797 , and with singing H7892 , and with harps H3658 , and with psalteries H5035 , and with timbrels H8596 , and with cymbals H4700 , and with trumpets H2689 .
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9. When David's men came to the threshing floor of Kidon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the Ark.
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9. And when they came H935 unto H5704 the threshingfloor H1637 of Chidon H3592 , Uzza H5798 put forth H7971 H853 his hand H3027 to hold H270 H853 the ark H727 ; for H3588 the oxen H1241 stumbled H8058 .
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10. The Lord was angry with Uzzah and killed him, because he had touched the Ark. So Uzzah died there in the presence of God.
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10. And the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 was kindled H2734 against Uzza H5798 , and he smote H5221 H5921 him, because H5921 H834 he put H7971 his hand H3027 to H5921 the ark H727 : and there H8033 he died H4191 before H6440 God H430 .
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11. David was angry because the Lord had punished Uzzah in his anger. Now that place is called The Punishment of Uzzah.
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11. And David H1732 was displeased H2734 , because H3588 the LORD H3068 had made H6555 a breach H6556 upon Uzza H5798 : wherefore that H1931 place H4725 is called H7121 Perez H6560 -uzza to H5704 this H2088 day H3117 .
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12. David was afraid of God that day and asked, "How can I bring the Ark of God home to me?"
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12. And David H1732 was afraid H3372 H853 of God H430 that H1931 day H3117 , saying H559 , How H1963 shall I bring H935 H853 the ark H727 of God H430 home to H413 me?
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13. So David did not take the Ark with him to Jerusalem. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom who was from Gath.
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13. So David H1732 brought H5493 not H3808 H853 the ark H727 home to H413 himself to H413 the city H5892 of David H1732 , but carried it aside H5186 into H413 the house H1004 of Obed H5654 -edom the Gittite H1663 .
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14. The Ark of God stayed with Obed-Edom's family in his house for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-Edom's family and everything he owned.
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14. And the ark H727 of God H430 remained H3427 with H5973 the family H1004 of Obed H5654 -edom in his house H1004 three H7969 months H2320 . And the LORD H3068 blessed H1288 H853 the house H1004 of Obed H5654 -edom , and all H3605 that H834 he had.
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