13King David consulted with all the officers in command of units of a thousand men and units of a hundred men.H1732H3289H8269H505H3967H50572Then he announced to all the people of Israel, "If you give your approval and if it is the will of the LORD our God, let us send messengers to the rest of our people and to the priests and Levites in their towns, and tell them to assemble here with us.H1732H559H6951H3478H2895H3068H430H7971H6555H251H7604H776H3478H3548H3881H5892H4054H69083Then we will go and get God's Covenant Box, which was ignored while Saul was king."H5437H727H430H1875H3117H75864The people were pleased with the suggestion and agreed to it.H6951H559H6213H1697H3474H5869H59715So David assembled the people of Israel from all over the country, from the Egyptian border in the south to Hamath Pass in the north, in order to bring the Covenant Box from Kiriath Jearim to Jerusalem.H1732H6950H3478H6950H7883H4714H935H2574H935H727H430H71576David and the people went to the city of Baalah, that is, to Kiriath Jearim, in the territory of Judah, to get the Covenant Box of God, which bears the name of the LORD enthroned above the winged creatures.H1732H5927H3478H1173H7157H3063H5927H727H430H3068H3427H3742H8034H71217At Abinadab's house they brought out the Covenant Box and put it on a new cart. Uzzah and Ahio guided the cart,H7392H727H430H2319H5699H1004H41H5798H283H5090H56998while David and all the people danced with all their might to honor God. They sang and played musical instruments - harps, drums, cymbals, and trumpets.H1732H3478H7832H6440H430H5797H7892H3658H5035H8596H4700H26899As they came to the threshing place of Chidon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out and took hold of the Covenant Box.H935H1637H3592H5798H7971H3027H270H727H1241H805810At once the LORD became angry with Uzzah and killed him for touching the Box. He died there in God's presence,H639H3068H2734H5798H5221H7971H3027H727H4191H6440H43011and so that place has been called Perez Uzzah ever since. David was furious because the LORD had punished Uzzah in anger.H1732H2734H3068H6555H6556H5798H4725H7121H6560H311712Then David was afraid of God and said, "How can I take the Covenant Box with me now?"H1732H3372H430H3117H559H1963H935H727H43013So David did not take it with him to Jerusalem. Instead, he left it at the house of a man named Obed Edom, a native of the city of Gath.H1732H5493H727H5892H1732H5186H1004H5654H166314It stayed there three months, and the LORD blessed Obed Edom's family and everything that belonged to him.H727H430H3427H1004H5654H1004H7969H2320H3068H1288H1004H5654
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