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2Samuel 6
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The Covenant Box Is Brought to Jerusalem

6Once more David called together the best soldiers in Israel, a total of thirty thousand men,H1732H622H3254H977H3478H7970H505
2and led them to Baalah in Judah, in order to bring from there God's Covenant Box, bearing the name of the LORD Almighty, whose throne is above the winged creatures.H1732H6965H3212H5971H1184H5927H727H430H8034H7121H8034H3068H6635H3427H3742
3They took it from Abinadab's home on the hill and placed it on a new cart. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the cart,H7392H727H430H2319H5699H5375H1004H41H1390H5798H283H1121H41H5090H2319H5699
4with Ahio walking in front.H5375H1004H41H1390H5973H727H430H283H1980H6440H727
5David and all the Israelites were dancing and singing with all their might to honor the LORD. They were playing harps, lyres, drums, rattles, and cymbals.H1732H1004H3478H7832H6440H3068H1265H6086H3658H5035H8596H4517H6767
6As they came to the threshing place of Nacon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out and took hold of the Covenant Box.H935H5225H1637H5798H7971H727H430H270H1241H8058
7At once the LORD God became angry with Uzzah and killed him because of his irreverence. Uzzah died there beside the Covenant Box,H639H3068H2734H5798H430H5221H7944H4191H727H430
8and so that place has been called Perez Uzzah ever since. David was furious because the LORD had punished Uzzah in anger.H1732H2734H3068H6555H6556H5798H7121H4725H6560H3117
9Then David was afraid of the LORD and said, "How can I take the Covenant Box with me now?"H1732H3372H3068H3117H559H727H3068H935
10So he decided not to take it with him to Jerusalem; instead, he turned off the road and took it to the house of Obed Edom, a native of the city of Gath.H1732H14H5493H727H3068H5892H1732H1732H5186H1004H5654H1663
11It stayed there three months, and the LORD blessed Obed Edom and his family.H727H3068H3427H1004H5654H1663H7969H2320H3068H1288H5654H1004
12King David heard that because of the Covenant Box the LORD had blessed Obed Edom's family and all that he had; so he got the Covenant Box from Obed's house to take it to Jerusalem with a great celebration.H5046H4428H1732H559H3068H1288H1004H5654H727H430H1732H3212H5927H727H430H1004H5654H5892H1732H8057
13After the men carrying the Covenant Box had gone six steps, David had them stop while he offered the LORD a sacrifice of a bull and a fattened calf.H5375H727H3068H6805H8337H6806H2076H7794H4806
14David, wearing only a linen cloth around his waist, danced with all his might to honor the LORD.H1732H3769H6440H3068H5797H1732H2296H906H646
15And so he and all the Israelites took the Covenant Box up to Jerusalem with shouts of joy and the sound of trumpets.H1732H1004H3478H5927H727H3068H8643H6963H7782
16As the Box was being brought into the city, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked out of the window and saw King David dancing and jumping around in the sacred dance, and she was disgusted with him.H727H3068H935H5892H1732H4324H7586H1323H8259H2474H7200H4428H1732H6339H3769H6440H3068H959H3820
17They brought the Box and put it in its place in the Tent that David had set up for it. Then he offered sacrifices and fellowship offerings to the LORD.H935H727H3068H3322H4725H8432H168H1732H5186H1732H5927H5930H8002H6440H3068
18When he had finished offering the sacrifices, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD AlmightyH1732H3615H5927H5930H8002H1288H5971H8034H3068H6635
19and distributed food to them all. He gave each man and woman in Israel a loaf of bread, a piece of roasted meat, and some raisins. Then everyone went home.H2505H5971H1995H3478H802H376H376H259H2471H3899H829H809H5971H3212H376H1004
20Afterward, when David went home to greet his family, Michal came out to meet him. "The king of Israel made a big name for himself today!" she said. "He exposed himself like a fool in the sight of the servant women of his officials!"H1732H7725H1288H1004H4324H1323H7586H3318H7125H1732H559H3513H4428H3478H3117H1540H3117H5869H519H5650H259H7386H1540H1540
21David answered, "I was dancing to honor the LORD, who chose me instead of your father and his family to make me the leader of his people Israel. And I will go on dancing to honor the LORD,H1732H559H4324H6440H3068H977H1H1004H6680H5057H5971H3068H3478H7832H6440H3068
22and will disgrace myself even more. You may think I am nothing, but those women will think highly of me!"H7043H2063H8217H5869H519H559H3513
23Michal, Saul's daughter, never had any children.H4324H1323H7586H2056H3206H3117H4194


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