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So all the Zakenim of Yisra'el came to the king to Hevron; and David made a covenant with them in Hevron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Yisra'el, according to the word of the LORD by Shemu'el.

All the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

So David assembled all Yisra'el together, from the Shichor [the brook] of Mitzrayim even to the entrance of Hamat, to bring the ark of God from Kiryat-Ye`arim.

So David didn't move the ark to him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of `Oved-'Edom the Gittite.

So they came up to Ba`al-Peratzim, and David struck them there; and David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place Ba`al-Peratzim.

So the Kohanim and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Yisra'el.

So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Yo'el; and of his brothers, Asaf the son of Berekhyah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Etan the son of Kushayahu;

So the singers, Heman, Asaf, and Etan, [were appointed] with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;

So David, and the Zakenim of Yisra'el, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of `Oved-'Edom with joy.

So he left there, before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, Asaf and his brothers, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required;

According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Natan speak to David.

David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nachash, because his father shown kindness to me. So David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. David's servants came into the land of the children of `Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him.

So Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

So they hired them thirty-two thousand chariots, and the king of Ma`akhah and his people, who came and encamped before Medeva. The children of `Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle.

So Yo'av and the people who were with him drew near before the Aram to the battle; and they fled before him.

It was told David; and he gathered all Yisra'el together, and passed over the Yarden, and came on them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Aram, they fought with him.

So Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus says the LORD, Take which you will:

So the LORD sent a pestilence on Yisra'el; and there fell of Yisra'el seventy thousand men.

So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight.

David said, Shlomo my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death.