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1 After consulting with the captains of the units of a thousand and a hundred, in fact with every leader,
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Then David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
2 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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And David said to all the assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you, and if it is of the Lord our God, let us send out to our brethren everywhere who are left in all the land of Israel, and with them to the priests and Levites who are in their cities and their common-lands, that they may gather together to us;
3 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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and let us bring the ark of our God back to us, for we have not inquired at it since the days of Saul."
4 The whole assembly agreed to do so, because all the people thought it was the right thing to do.
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Then all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
5 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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So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor in Egypt to as far as the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath Jearim.
6 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.
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And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, to Kirjath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, who dwells between the cherubim, where His name is proclaimed.
7 They moved God's chest on a new cart from Abinadab's house. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart,
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So they carried the ark of God on a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
8 while David and all Israel celebrated in God's presence with all their strength, accompanied by songs, zithers, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
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Then David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets.
9 When they came to Chidon's threshing floor, Uzzah reached out to the chest and grabbed it because the oxen had stumbled.
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And when they came to Chidon's threshing floor, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled.
10 But the LORD became angry with Uzzah and struck him because he had placed his hand on the chest. He died right there before God.
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Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzza, and He struck him because he put his hand to the ark; and he died there before God.
11 David was angry that the LORD lashed out at Uzzah; and so that place is still called Perez-uzzah today.
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And David became angry because of the Lord's outbreak against Uzza; therefore that place is called Perez Uzza to this day.
12 David was frightened by God that day. "How will I ever bring God's chest home to me?" he asked.
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David was afraid of God that day, saying, "How can I bring the ark of God to me?"
13 So David didn't take the chest away with him to David's City. Instead, he had it put in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
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So David would not move the ark with him into the City of David, but took it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
14 God's chest stayed with Obed-edom's household for three months, and the LORD blessed Obed-edom's household and all that he had.
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The ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house three months. And the Lord blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that he had.
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