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1. David again assembled all the picked men of Israel, thirty thousand in number.
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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 David and all the people who were with him set out for Baala of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which bears the name of the LORD of hosts enthroned above the cherubim.
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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. The ark of God was placed on a new cart and taken away from the house of Abinadab on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, guided the 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. with Ahio walking before 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. while David and all the Israelites made merry before the LORD with all their strength, with singing and with citharas, harps, tambourines, sistrums 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 they came to the threshing floor of Nodan, Uzzah reached out his hand to the ark of God and steadied it, for the oxen were making it tip.
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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. But the LORD was angry with Uzzah; God struck him on that spot, and he died there before 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 disturbed because the LORD had vented his anger on Uzzah. (The place has been called Perez-uzzah down to the present day.)
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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 feared the LORD that day and said, "How can the ark of the LORD come to me?"
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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 have the ark of the LORD brought to him in the City of David, but diverted it to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
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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 remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed Obed-edom and his whole house.
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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. When it was reported to King David that the LORD had blessed the family of Obed-edom and all that belonged to him, David went to bring up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David amid festivities.
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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. As soon as the bearers of the ark of the LORD had advanced six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.
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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, girt with a linen apron, came dancing before the LORD with abandon,
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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. as he and all the Israelites were bringing up the ark of the LORD with shouts of joy and to the sound of the horn.
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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 was entering the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked down through the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
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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. The ark of the LORD was brought in and set in its place within the tent David had pitched for it. Then David offered holocausts and peace 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 he finished making these offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
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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. He then distributed among all the people, to each man and each woman in the entire multitude of Israel, a loaf of bread, a cut of roast meat, and a raisin cake. With this, all the people left for their homes.
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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. When David returned to bless his own family, Saul's daughter Michal came out to meet him and said, "How the king of Israel has honored himself today, exposing himself to the view of the slave girls of his followers, as a commoner might do!"
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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. But David replied to Michal: "I was dancing before the LORD. As the LORD lives, who preferred me to your father and his whole family when he appointed me commander of the LORD'S people, Israel, not only will I make merry before 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. but I will demean myself even more. I will be lowly in your esteem, but in the esteem of the slave girls you spoke of I will be honored."
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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 so Saul's daughter Michal was childless to the day of her death.
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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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