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8 Then David (beloved) became angry because the LORD {YHWH} had burst forth against Uzzah (strength). So he named that place Perez-uzzah (breach of Uzza), as it is called to this day. 9 That day David (beloved) feared the LORD {YHWH} and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?” 10 So he (beloved) was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD {YHWH} to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom (servant of Edom) the Gittite (belonging to Gath). 11 Thus the ark of the LORD {YHWH} remained in the house of Obed-edom (servant of Edom) the Gittite (belonging to Gath) for three months, and the LORD blessed him and all his household. 12 Now it was reported to King David (beloved), “The LORD {YHWH} has blessed the house of Obed-edom (servant of Edom) and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God {Elohim}.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing. 13 When those carrying the ark of the LORD {YHWH} had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf. 14 And David (beloved), wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD {YHWH}, 15 while he (beloved) and all the house of Israel (he wrestles with God) brought up the ark of the LORD {YHWH} with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn. 16 As the ark of the LORD {YHWH} was entering the City of David (beloved), Saul’s (desired) daughter Michal (who is like God) looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart. 17 So they brought the ark of the LORD {YHWH} and set it in its place inside the tent that David (beloved) had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. 18 When David (beloved) had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD {YHWH} of Hosts. 19 Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel (he wrestles with God) a loaf of bread, a date cake (a portion of meat), and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each to his own home. 20 When David (beloved) returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s (desired) daughter Michal (who is like God) came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel (he wrestles with God) has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.” 21 But David (beloved) said to Michal (who is like God), “I was dancing before the LORD {YHWH}, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel (he wrestles with God). I will celebrate before the LORD, 22 and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.” 23 And Michal (who is like God) the daughter of Saul (desired) had no children to the day of her death. 2 Samuel 6:8-23, Berean Annotated Bible. Public domain.
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