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Of Dan also twenty-eight thousand six hundred prepared for battle.

And on the other side of the Jordan of the sons of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half of the tribe of Manasses a hundred and twenty thousand, furnished with arms for war.

And they were there with David three days eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them.

Moreover they that were near them even as far as Issachar, and Zabulon, and Nephtali, brought loaves on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, to eat: meal, figs, raisins, wine, oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance, for there was joy in Israel.

And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we sought it not in the days of Saul.

And all the multitude answered that it should be so: for the word pleased all the people.

And when they came to the floor of Chidon, Oza put forth his hand, to hold up the ark: for the ox being wanton had made it lean a little on one side.

And when thou shalt hear the sound of one going in the tops of the pear trees, then shalt thou go out to battle. For God is gone out before thee to strike the army of the Philistines.

He made also houses for himself in the city of David: and built a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tabernacle for it.

Then David said: No one ought to carry the ark of God, but the Levites, whom the Lord hath chosen to carry it, and to minister unto himself for ever.

And he gathered all Israel together into Jerusalem, that the ark of God might be brought into its place, which he had prepared for it.

And he said to them: You that are the heads of the Levitical families, be sanctified with your brethren, and bring the ark of the Lord the God of Israel to the place, which is prepared for it:

And Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and Macenias and Obededom, and Jehiel and Ozaziu, sung a song of victory for the octave upon harps.

And Chonenias chief of the Levites, presided over the prophecy, to give out the tunes: for he was very skilful.

So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent, which David had pitched for it: and they offered holocausts, and peace offerings before God.

Remember for ever his covenant: the word, which he commanded to a thousand generations.

And he appointed the same to Jacob for a precept: and to Israel for an everlasting covenant:

He suffered no man to do them wrong: and reproved kings for their sake.

For the Lord is great and exceedingly to be praised: and he is to be feared above all gods.

For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens.