1Chronicles:13

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* And David took counsel with the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds , even with every commander . * And David said to the whole congregation of Israel , If it seem good to you , and it should be prospered by the Lord our God , let us send to our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel , and let the priests the Levites who are with them in the cities of their possession come , and let them be gathered to us . * And let us bring over to us the ark of our God ; for men have not enquired at it since the days of Saul . * And all the congregation said (note :)Gr . on account of or concerning (:note ) that they would do thus ; for the saying was right in the eyes of all the people . * So David assembled all Israel , from the borders of Egypt even to the entering in of Hemath , to bring in the ark of God from the city of Jarim . * And David brought it up : and all Israel went up to the city of David , which belonged to Juda , to bring up thence the ark of the Lord God who sits between the cherubim , whose name is called on it . * And they set the ark of God on a new waggon brought out of the house of Aminadab : and Oza and his brethren drove the waggon . * And David and all Israel were playing before the Lord with all their might , and that together with singers , and with harps , and with lutes , with timbrels , and with cymbals , and with trumpets . * And they came as far as the threshing-floor : and Oza put forth his hand to hold the ark , because the bullock moved it from its place . * And the Lord was very angry with Oza , and smote him there , because of his stretching forth his hand upon the ark : and he died there before God . * And David was dispirited , because the Lord had made a breach on Oza : and he called that place the Breach of Oza until this day . * And David feared God that day , saying , How shall I bring the ark of God in to myself ? * So David brought not the ark home to himself into the city of David , but he turned it aside into the house of Abeddara the Gethite . * And the ark of God abode in the house of Abeddara three months : and God blessed Abeddara and all that he had .

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