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Again, David[H1732] gathered together[H622] all the chosen[H977] men of Israel[H3478], thirty[H7970]thousand[H505].
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And David[H1732]arose[H6965], and went[H3212] with all the people[H5971] that were with him from Baale of Judah[H1184], to bring up[H5927] from thence the ark[H727] of God[H430], whose name[H8034] is called[H7121] by the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] that dwelleth[H3427] between the cherubims[H3742].
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And they set[H7392] the ark[H727] of God[H430] upon a new[H2319]cart[H5699], and brought[H5375] it out of the house[H1004] of Abinadab[H41] that was in Gibeah[H1390]: and Uzzah[H5798] and Ahio[H283], the sons[H1121] of Abinadab[H41], drave[H5090] the new[H2319]cart[H5699].
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And they brought[H5375] it out of the house[H1004] of Abinadab[H41] which 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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And David[H1732] and all the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478]played[H7832]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] on all 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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And when they came[H935] to Nachon's threshingfloor[H1637], Uzzah[H5798] put forth[H7971] his hand to the ark[H727] of God[H430], and took hold[H270] of it; for the oxen[H1241]shook[H8058] it.
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And the anger[H639] of the LORD[H3068] was kindled[H2734] against Uzzah[H5798]; and God[H430]smote[H5221] him there for his error[H7944]; and there he died[H4191] by the ark[H727] of God[H430].
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And David[H1732] was displeased[H2734], because the LORD[H3068] had made[H6555] a breach[H6556] upon Uzzah[H5798]: and he called[H7121] the name of the place[H4725]Perezuzzah[H6560] to this day[H3117].
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And David[H1732] was afraid[H3372] of the LORD[H3068] that day[H3117], and said[H559], How shall the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068]come[H935] to me?
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So David[H1732]would[H14] not remove[H5493] the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068] unto him into the city[H5892] of David[H1732]: but David[H1732] carried it aside[H5186] into the house[H1004] of Obededom[H5654] the Gittite[H1663].
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And the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068]continued[H3427] in the house[H1004] of Obededom[H5654] the Gittite[H1663]three[H7969]months[H2320]: and the LORD[H3068]blessed[H1288]Obededom[H5654], and all his household[H1004].
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And it was told[H5046]king[H4428]David[H1732], saying[H559], The LORD[H3068] hath blessed[H1288] the house[H1004] of Obededom[H5654], and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark[H727] of God[H430]. So David[H1732]went[H3212] and brought up[H5927] the ark[H727] of God[H430] from the house[H1004] of Obededom[H5654] into the city[H5892] of David[H1732] with gladness[H8057].
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And it was so, that when they that bare[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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And David[H1732]danced[H3769]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] with all his might[H5797]; and David[H1732] was girded[H2296] with a linen[H906]ephod[H646].
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So David[H1732] and all the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] brought up[H5927] the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068] with shouting[H8643], and with the sound[H6963] of the trumpet[H7782].
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And as the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068]came[H935] into the city[H5892] of David[H1732], Michal[H4324] Saul's daughter[H1323]looked[H8259] through a window[H2474], and saw[H7200]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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And they brought[H935] in the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068], and set[H3322] it in his place[H4725], in the midst[H8432] of the tabernacle[H168] that 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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And as soon as David[H1732] had made an end[H3615] of offering[H5927] burnt offerings[H5930] and peace offerings[H8002], he blessed[H1288] the people[H5971] in the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635].
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And he dealt[H2505] among all the people[H5971], even among the whole multitude[H1995] of Israel[H3478], as well to the women[H802] as men[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 the people[H5971]departed[H3212] every one[H376] to his house[H1004].
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Then David[H1732]returned[H7725] to bless[H1288] his household[H1004]. And Michal[H4324] the daughter[H1323] of Saul[H7586] came out[H3318] to meet[H7125]David[H1732], and said[H559], How glorious[H3513] was the king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] to day[H3117], who uncovered[H1540] himself to day[H3117] in the eyes[H5869] of the handmaids[H519] of his servants[H5650], as one[H259] of the vain fellows[H7386]shamelessly[H1540]uncovereth[H1540] himself!
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And David[H1732]said[H559] unto Michal[H4324], It was before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], which chose[H977] me before[H6440] thy father[H1], and before[H6440] all his house[H1004], to appoint[H6680] me ruler[H5057] over the people[H5971] of the LORD[H3068], over Israel[H3478]: therefore will I play[H7832]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068].
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And I will yet be more vile[H7043] than thus[H2063], and will be base[H8217] in mine own sight[H5869]: and of the maidservants[H519] which thou hast spoken[H559] of, of them shall I be had in honour[H3513].
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Therefore Michal[H4324] the daughter[H1323] of Saul[H7586] had no child[H2056] unto the day[H3117] of her death[H4194].