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The men spent three days at Hebron with David. They ate and drank, because their relatives had prepared food for them.

David and all the Israelites with him went to Baalah of Judah. (Baalah is another name for Kiriath Jearim.) They went there to bring out the Holy Box of God the Lord , who sits above the Cherub angels. It is the Box that is called by his name.

God's Holy Box stayed with Obed Edom's family in his house for three months. The Lord blessed Obed Edom's family and everything Obed Edom owned.

Hiram was king of the city of Tyre. He sent messengers to David. He also sent logs from cedar trees, stonecutters, and carpenters to David. Hiram sent them to build a house for David.

Then David understood that the Lord had really made him king of Israel. And he had made his kingdom large and powerful for the benefit of Israel, his people.

The Philistines heard that David had been chosen to be the king of Israel, so all the Philistines went to look for him. When David heard about it, he went out to fight them.

David built houses for himself in the City of David. Then he built a place to put God's Holy Box. He set up a tent for it.

David told all the Israelites to meet together at Jerusalem to see the Lord 's Holy Box carried to the place he had made for it.

David said to them, "You are the leaders from the tribe of Levi. You and the other Levites must make yourselves holy. Then bring the Holy Box of the Lord , the God of Israel, to the place I have made for it.

Berekiah and Elkanah were two of the guards for the Holy Box.

The priests Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer had the job of blowing trumpets as they walked in front of God's Holy Box. Obed Edom and Jehiah were the other guards for the Holy Box.

When the Box of the Lord 's Agreement arrived at the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked through a window. When she saw King David dancing and playing, she lost her respect for him.

The Levites brought God's Holy Box and put it inside the tent David had set up for it. Then they offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to God.

Depend on the Lord for strength. Always go to him for help.

He gave it as a law for Jacob, as an agreement with Israel that will last forever.

Let the sea and everything in it shout for joy! Let the fields and everything in them be happy!

The trees of the forest will sing for joy when they see the Lord , because he is coming to rule the world.

God said, "Go and tell this to my servant David: The Lord says, ‘David, you are not the one to build a house for me to live in.

Since the time I brought Israel out of Egypt until now, I have not lived in a house. I have moved around in a tent. I chose people to be special leaders for the Israelites. They were like shepherds for my people. While I was going around in Israel to different places, I never said to any of them: Why haven't you built a house of cedar wood for me?'

Those bad things happened, but I chose leaders to care for my people Israel. And I will also defeat all your enemies. "‘I tell you that the Lord will build a house for you.