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So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor [the brook] of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is], to Kiriath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God Yahweh that sits [above] the cherubim, that is called by the Name.

And they carried the ark of God on a new cart, [and brought it] out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.

And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

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

And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?

And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months: and Yahweh blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.

And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and will you deliver them into my hand? And Yahweh said to him, Go up; for I will deliver them into your hand.

So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David smote 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 Baal-perazim.

And David inquired again of God; and God said to him, You shall not go up after them: turn away from them, and come on them across from the mulberry-trees.

And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then you shall go out to battle; for God has gone out before you to smite the host of the Philistines.

And David did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.

And [David] made houses for himself in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.

Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for Yahweh has chosen them to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever.

and said to them, You are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to [the place] that I have prepared for it.

For because you did not [bear it] at the first, Yahweh our God made a breach on us, for we did not seek him according to the ordinance.

So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

And the sons of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of Yahweh.

And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.