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1 AGAIN David gathered together all the young men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 And David arose with all the people who were with him of the men of Judah and went to Geba to bring up from thence the ark of God, for at that place was invoked the name of the LORD of hosts, who dwells upon the cherubim. 3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah; and Uzzah and Ahia, the sons of Abinadab, drove the cart, walking behind it. 4 And they brought the ark of God out of the house of Abinadab which was in Gibeah, and Ahia went before the ark. 5 And David and all the house of Israel danced before the LORD waving branches of cedar trees and cypress, and played upon harps and lyres and timbrels and cornets and cymbals. 6 And when they came to the threshing floors, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of the LORD, and took hold of it; for the oxen broke loose from the harness. 7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and the LORD smote him there because he put forth his hand to the ark; and he died there beside the ark of God. 8 And David was displeased because the LORD had stricken Uzzah; and he called the name of that place Toraetha-uzzah, and so it is called even to this day. 9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and he said, How shall I bring in the ark of the LORD to me? 10 So David was unwilling to bring the ark of God with him into the city of David; but David took it aside into the house of Ober-edom the Gittite. 11 And the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Ober-edom the Gittite three months; and the LORD blessed Ober-edom the Gittite, and all his household because of the ark of the LORD. 12 And it was told King David, saying, The LORD has blessed Ober-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of the LORD. So David went and brought up the ark of the LORD from the house of Ober-edom into the city of David with gladness. 13 And it was so that when those who bore the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, David sacrificed fat oxen. 2 Samuel 6:1-13, Lamsa Bible. Public domain.
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