David’s first attempt to move the chest
1 After consulting with the captains of the units of a thousand and a hundred, in fact with every leader,
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David said to the entire Israelite assembly: "If you approve, and if the LORD our God agrees, let's spread the word to the rest of our relatives in all the regions of Israel, including the priests and Levites in their cities with pasturelands. Let's ask them to join us
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so that we may bring the chest of our God back to us, because we didn't look for it in Saul's days."
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The whole assembly agreed to do so, because all the people thought it was the right thing to do.
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So David assembled all Israel, from the border of Egypt to Lebo-hamath in order to bring up God's chest from Kiriath-jearim.
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Then David and all Israel went up toward Baalah, to Kiriath-jearim, which belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the chest of God, the LORD, who sits enthroned on the winged creatures, where he is called by name.