2Samuel:6
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Again ,
David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel ,
thirty thousand .
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And David arose ,
and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah ,
to bring up from thence the ark of God ,
whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims .
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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 Ahio ,
the sons of Abinadab ,
drave the new cart .
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And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah ,
accompanying the ark of God :
and Ahio went before the ark .
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And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood ,
even on harps ,
and on psalteries ,
and on timbrels ,
and on cornets ,
and on cymbals .
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And when they came to Nachon '
s threshingfloor ,
Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God ,
and took hold of it ;
for the oxen shook it .
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And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah ;
and God smote him there for his error ;
and there he died by the ark of God .
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And David was displeased ,
because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah :
and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day .
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And David was afraid of the LORD that day ,
and said ,
How shall the ark of the LORD come to me ?
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So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David :
but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite .
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And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months :
and the LORD blessed Obededom ,
and all his household .
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And it was told king David ,
saying ,
The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom ,
and all that pertaineth unto him ,
because of the ark of God .
So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness .
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And it was so ,
that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces ,
he sacrificed oxen and fatlings .
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And David danced before the LORD with all his might ;
and David was girded with a linen ephod .
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So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting ,
and with the sound of the trumpet .
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And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David ,
Michal Saul '
s daughter looked through a window ,
and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD ;
and she despised him in her heart .
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And they brought in the ark of the LORD ,
and set it in his place ,
in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it :
and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD .
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And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings ,
he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts .
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And he dealt among all the people ,
even among the whole multitude of Israel ,
as well to the women as men ,
to every one a cake of bread ,
and a good piece of flesh ,
and a flagon of wine .
So all the people departed every one to his house .
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Then David returned to bless his household .
And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David ,
and said ,
How glorious was the king of Israel to day ,
who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants ,
as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself !
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And David said unto Michal ,
It was before the LORD ,
which chose me before thy father ,
and before all his house ,
to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD ,
over Israel :
therefore will I play before the LORD .
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And I will yet be more vile than thus ,
and will be base in mine own sight :
and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of ,
of them shall I be had in honour .
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Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death .