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Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother,

Amozoth and Anael, Moham, Mozel, Ribai and his son Ashua; Ahmael and Jathmah the Moabites,

These are the names of the mighty men who were with David: Ahiezer and his son Joash; Joel of Macsite; Shemaiah the Gibeathite; Pelet and Berachiah, the sons of Arboth; and Jehu the Anatothite;

And Zadok, a young man mighty of valour, and of his fathers house and his brothers, twenty-two officers.

And David went up, and all Israel, to Koriath-narin, which belongs to the tribe of Judah, to bring up from there the ark of the LORD God who dwells upon the high cherubim, which are known by his name.

And they placed the ark of the LORD in a new cart, and carried it out of the house of Abinadab; and Uzza and his brothers drove the cart.

And when they came to the threshing floor of Remin. Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen ran toward the threshing floor.

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him there because he put forth his hand to the ark; and he died there before the ark.

And David perceived that the LORD had chosen him to be king over Israel, for his kingdom was exalted because of his people Israel.

And when they had left their idols there, David gave a commandment to his mighty men, saying. Burn them with fire and scatter their ashes to the wind.

Of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the elder and his brethren, a hundred and twenty;

Of the sons of Merari, Ashiel the elder and his brethren, two hundred and twenty;

Of the sons of Gershon, Joel the elder and his brethren, a hundred and thirty;

Of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the elder and his brethren, two hundred;

Of the sons of Hebron, Eliab the elder and his brethren, eighty;

Of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the elder and his brethren, a hundred and twelve.

So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

And David was clothed with robes of fine linen, and all the Levites who bore the ark were also clothed with robes of fine linen; and David wore upon his linen garments an ephod of fine linen.

And he distributed to all the people of Israel, both men and women and young men and the little ones, to every one a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a fine white loaf. Then all the people went away, every one to his own house.

Then on that day David delivered this psalm, both he and the chiefs of all the priests and the Levites to praise the LORD, in the company of Asaph and his brethren. These are the headings of the songs which David sang on that day before the ark of the LORD: