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1. David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel -- thirty thousand of them.
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1. Again H5750 , David H1732 gathered together H622 H853 all H3605 the chosen H977 men of Israel H3478 , thirty H7970 thousand H505 .
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2. Then he and all his people went to Baalah in Judahn to bring back the Ark of God. The Ark is called by the Name, the name of the Lord All-Powerful, whose throne is between the gold creatures with wings.
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2. And David H1732 arose H6965 , and went H1980 with all H3605 the people H5971 that H834 were with H854 him from Baale H4480 H1184 of Judah H3063 , to bring up H5927 from thence H4480 H8033 H853 the ark H727 of God H430 , whose H834 name H8034 is called H7121 by the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 that dwelleth H3427 H5921 between the cherubims H3742 .
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3. They put the Ark of God on a new cart and brought it out of Abinadab's house on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, led the new cart
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3. And they set H7392 H853 the ark H727 of God H430 upon H413 a new H2319 cart H5699 , and brought H5375 it out of the house H4480 H1004 of Abinadab H41 that H834 was in Gibeah H1390 : and Uzzah H5798 and Ahio H283 , the sons H1121 of Abinadab H41 , drove H5090 H853 the new H2319 cart H5699 .
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4. which had the Ark of God on it. Ahio was walking in front of it.
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4. And they brought H5375 it out of the house H4480 H1004 of Abinadab H41 which H834 was at Gibeah H1390 , accompanying H5973 the ark H727 of God H430 : and Ahio H283 went H1980 before H6440 the ark H727 .
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5. David and all the Israelites were celebrating in the presence of the Lord. They were playing wooden instruments: lyres, harps, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.
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5. And David H1732 and all H3605 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 played H7832 before H6440 the LORD H3068 on all H3605 manner of instruments made of fir H1265 wood H6086 , even on harps H3658 , and on psalteries H5035 , and on timbrels H8596 , and on cornets H4517 , and on cymbals H6767 .
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6. When David's men came to the threshing floor of Nacon, the oxen stumbled. So Uzzah reached out to steady the Ark of God.
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6. And when they came H935 to H5704 Nachon H5225 's threshingfloor H1637 , Uzzah H5798 put forth H7971 his hand to H413 the ark H727 of God H430 , and took hold H270 of it; for H3588 the oxen H1241 shook H8058 it .
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7. The Lord was angry with Uzzah and killed him because of what he did. So Uzzah died there beside the Ark of God.
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7. And the anger H639 of the LORD H3068 was kindled H2734 against Uzzah H5798 ; and God H430 smote H5221 him there H8033 for H5921 his error H7944 ; and there H8033 he died H4191 by H5973 the ark H727 of God H430 .
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8. David was angry because the Lord had killed Uzzah. Now that place is called the Punishment of Uzzah.
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8. And David H1732 was displeased H2734 , because H5921 H834 the LORD H3068 had made H6555 a breach H6556 upon Uzzah H5798 : and he called the name H7121 of the H1931 place H4725 Perez H6560 -uzzah to H5704 this H2088 day H3117 .
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9. David was afraid of the Lord that day, and he said, "How can the Ark of the Lord come to me now?"
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9. And David H1732 was afraid H3372 of H853 the LORD H3068 that H1931 day H3117 , and said H559 , How H349 shall the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 come H935 to H413 me?
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10. So David would not move the Ark of the Lord to be with him in Jerusalem. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom, a man from Gath.
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10. So David H1732 would H14 not H3808 remove H5493 H853 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 unto H413 him into H5921 the city H5892 of David H1732 : but David H1732 carried it aside H5186 into the house H1004 of Obed H5654 -edom the Gittite H1663 .
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11. The Ark of the Lord stayed in Obed-Edom's house for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his family.
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11. And the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 continued H3427 in the house H1004 of Obed H5654 -edom the Gittite H1663 three H7969 months H2320 : and the LORD H3068 blessed H1288 H853 Obed H5654 -edom , and all H3605 his household H1004 .
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12. The people told David, "The Lord has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, because the Ark of God is there." So David went and brought it up from Obed-Edom's house to Jerusalem with joy.
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12. And it was told H5046 king H4428 David H1732 , saying H559 , The LORD H3068 hath blessed H1288 H853 the house H1004 of Obed H5654 -edom , and all H3605 that H834 pertaineth unto him, because H5668 of the ark H727 of God H430 . So David H1732 went H1980 and brought up H5927 H853 the ark H727 of God H430 from the house H4480 H1004 of Obed H5654 -edom into the city H5892 of David H1732 with gladness H8057 .
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13. When the men carrying the Ark of the Lord had walked six steps, David sacrificed a bull and a fat calf.
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13. And it was H1961 so , that when H3588 they that bore H5375 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 had gone H6805 six H8337 paces H6806 , he sacrificed H2076 oxen H7794 and fatlings H4806 .
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14. Then David danced with all his might before the Lord. He had on a holy linen vest.
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14. And David H1732 danced H3769 before H6440 the LORD H3068 with all H3605 his might H5797 ; and David H1732 was girded H2296 with a linen H906 ephod H646 .
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15. David and all the Israelites shouted with joy and blew the trumpets as they brought the Ark of the Lord to the city.
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15. So David H1732 and all H3605 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 brought up H5927 H853 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 with shouting H8643 , and with the sound H6963 of the trumpet H7782 .
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16. As the Ark of the Lord came into the city, Saul's daughter Michal looked out the window. When she saw David jumping and dancing in the presence of the Lord, she hated him.
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16. And as H1961 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 came H935 into the city H5892 of David H1732 , Michal H4324 Saul H7586 's daughter H1323 looked H8259 through H1157 a window H2474 , and saw H7200 H853 king H4428 David H1732 leaping H6339 and dancing H3769 before H6440 the LORD H3068 ; and she despised H959 him in her heart H3820 .
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17. David put up a tent for the Ark of the Lord, and then the Israelites put it in its place inside the tent. David offered whole burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the Lord.
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17. And they brought in H935 H853 the ark H727 of the LORD H3068 , and set H3322 it in his place H4725 , in the midst H8432 of the tabernacle H168 that H834 David H1732 had pitched H5186 for it : and David H1732 offered H5927 burnt offerings H5930 and peace offerings H8002 before H6440 the LORD H3068 .
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18. When David finished offering the whole burnt offerings and the fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord All-Powerful.
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18. And as soon as David H1732 had made an end H3615 of offering H4480 H5927 burnt offerings H5930 and peace offerings H8002 , he blessed H1288 H853 the people H5971 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 .
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19. David gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates, and a cake of raisins to every Israelite, both men and women. Then all the people went home.
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19. And he dealt H2505 among all H3605 the people H5971 , even among the whole H3605 multitude H1995 of Israel H3478 , as well to H5704 the women H802 as men H4480 H376 , to every one H376 a H259 cake H2471 of bread H3899 , and a H259 good piece H829 of flesh , and a H259 flagon H809 of wine . So all H3605 the people H5971 departed H1980 every one H376 to his house H1004 .
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20. David went back to bless the people in his home, but Saul's daughter Michal came out to meet him. She said, "With what honor the king of Israel acted today! You took off your clothes in front of the servant girls of your officers like one who takes off his clothes without shame!"
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20. Then David H1732 returned H7725 to bless H1288 H853 his household H1004 . And Michal H4324 the daughter H1323 of Saul H7586 came out H3318 to meet H7125 David H1732 , and said H559 , How H4100 glorious H3513 was the king H4428 of Israel H3478 today H3117 , who H834 uncovered himself H1540 today H3117 in the eyes H5869 of the handmaids H519 of his servants H5650 , as one H259 of the vain fellows H7386 shamelessly uncovereth himself H1540 H1540 !
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21. Then David said to Michal, "I did it in the presence of the Lord. The Lord chose me, not your father or anyone from Saul's family. The Lord appointed me to be over Israel. So I will celebrate in the presence of the Lord.
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21. And David H1732 said H559 unto H413 Michal H4324 , It was before H6440 the LORD H3068 , which H834 chose H977 me before thy father H4480 H1 , and before all H4480 H3605 his house H1004 , to appoint H6680 me ruler H5057 over H5921 the people H5971 of the LORD H3068 , over H5921 Israel H3478 : therefore will I play H7832 before H6440 the LORD H3068 .
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22. Maybe I will lose even more honor, and maybe I will be brought down in my own opinion, but the girls you talk about will honor me!"
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22. And I will yet H5750 be more vile H7043 than thus H4480 H2063 , and will be H1961 base H8217 in mine own sight H5869 : and of H5973 the maidservants H519 which H834 thou hast spoken H559 of , of them shall I be had in honor H3513 .
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23. And Saul's daughter Michal had no children to the day she died.
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23. Therefore Michal H4324 the daughter H1323 of Saul H7586 had H1961 no H3808 child H3206 unto H5704 the day H3117 of her death H4194 .
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