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1 David consulted with every officer who commanded a regiment or battalion. 2 Then he told the whole assembly of Israel, |If you approve and if the LORD our God has consented, we will send [an invitation] to the rest of our relatives in every region of Israel and to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands so that they may join us. 3 Then we'll bring back our God's ark, which we ignored while Saul was king.| 4 The whole assembly agreed to this because the people considered it the right thing to do. 5 So David gathered all Israel from the Shihor River near Egypt to the border of Hamath in order to bring God's ark from Kiriath Jearim. 6 David and all Israel went to Baalah in Kiriath Jearim, which is in Judah, to bring God's ark [to Jerusalem]. (The LORD is enthroned over the angels [on the ark] where his name is used.) 7 David and his men put God's ark on a new cart from Abinadab's home. Uzzah and Ahio guided the cart. 8 David and all Israel were celebrating in God's presence with all their might, with songs, with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. 1 Chronicles 13:1-8, God's Word Translation. Copyright © 1995 by God's Word to the Nations.
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