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And David[H1732]consulted[H3289] with the captains[H8269] of thousands[H505] and hundreds[H3967], and with every leader[H5057].
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And David[H1732]said[H559] unto all the congregation[H6951] of Israel[H3478], If it seem good[H2895] unto you, and that it be of the LORD[H3068] our God[H430], let us send[H7971]abroad[H6555] unto our brethren[H251] every where, that are left[H7604] in all the land[H776] of Israel[H3478], and with them also to the priests[H3548] and Levites[H3881] which are in their cities[H5892] and suburbs[H4054], that they may gather[H6908] themselves unto us:
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And let us bring again[H5437] the ark[H727] of our God[H430] to us: for we enquired[H1875] not at it in the days[H3117] of Saul[H7586].
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And all the congregation[H6951]said[H559] that they would do so[H6213]: for the thing[H1697] was right[H3474] in the eyes[H5869] of all the people[H5971].
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So David[H1732]gathered[H6950] all Israel[H3478]together[H6950], from Shihor[H7883] of Egypt[H4714] even unto the entering[H935] of Hemath[H2574], to bring[H935] the ark[H727] of God[H430] from Kirjathjearim[H7157].
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And David[H1732] went up[H5927], and all Israel[H3478], to Baalah[H1173], that is, to Kirjathjearim[H7157], which belonged to Judah[H3063], to bring up[H5927] thence the ark[H727] of God[H430] the LORD[H3068], that dwelleth[H3427] between the cherubims[H3742], whose name[H8034] is called[H7121] on it.
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And they carried[H7392] the ark[H727] of God[H430] in a new[H2319]cart[H5699] out of the house[H1004] of Abinadab[H41]: and Uzza[H5798] and Ahio[H283]drave[H5090] the cart[H5699].
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And David[H1732] and all Israel[H3478]played[H7832]before[H6440]God[H430] with all 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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And when they came[H935] unto the threshingfloor[H1637] of Chidon[H3592], Uzza[H5798] put forth[H7971] his hand[H3027] to hold[H270] the ark[H727]; for the oxen[H1241]stumbled[H8058].
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And the anger[H639] of the LORD[H3068] was kindled[H2734] against Uzza[H5798], and he smote[H5221] him, because he put[H7971] his hand[H3027] to the ark[H727]: and there he died[H4191]before[H6440]God[H430].
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And David[H1732] was displeased[H2734], because the LORD[H3068] had made[H6555] a breach[H6556] upon Uzza[H5798]: wherefore that place[H4725] is called[H7121]Perezuzza[H6560] to this day[H3117].
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And David[H1732] was afraid[H3372] of God[H430] that day[H3117], saying[H559], How[H1963] shall I bring[H935] the ark[H727] of God[H430] home to me?
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So David[H1732]brought[H5493] not the ark[H727] home to himself to the city[H5892] of David[H1732], but carried it aside[H5186] into the house[H1004] of Obededom[H5654] the Gittite[H1663].
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And the ark[H727] of God[H430]remained[H3427] with the family[H1004] of Obededom[H5654] in his house[H1004]three[H7969]months[H2320]. And the LORD[H3068]blessed[H1288] the house[H1004] of Obededom[H5654], and all that he had.