David Fetches the Ark 1And Dauid counsailed with the captaynes of thousandes and hundredes, and with al the Lordes, 2And sayde vnto all the congregation of Israel: If it seeme you good, & to be of the Lord our God, we will send abrode vnto our brethren that are left in all the lande of Israel, and with them also to the priestes and Leuites which are in their suburbes, to gather them together vnto vs: 3And we will bring againe the arke of our God to vs: for we regarded it not in the dayes of Saul. 4And all the congregation was content that he should do so: for the thing seemed good in the eyes of all the people. 5So Dauid gathered all Israel together from Sihor in Egypt, vnto the entering of Hemath, to bring the arke of the Lorde from Kiriathiarim. 6And Dauid went vp and all Israel to an high place towarde Kiriathiarim, that was in Iuda, to set thence the arke of the Lorde God that dwelleth betweene the Cherubs, where his name is called on. 7And they carryed the arke of God in a newe carte out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and his brother guided the carte. Uzzah Touches the Ark 8And Dauid and all Israel played before the arke of God with all their might, with singing, and harpes, psalteries, and tymbrels, and cymbales, and trumpettes. 9And when they came vnto the thresshing floore of Chidon, Uzza put foorth his hande to holde the arke, for the oxen stumbled. 10And the Lorde was wroth with Uzza, and smote him, because he put his hand to the arke: and there he dyed before God. 11And Dauid was out of quiet because the Lorde had rent a rent in Uzza, and he called the name of that place, the renting of Uzza, vnto this day. 12And Dauid was afrayde of God that day, saying: how shall I bring the arke of God home to me? 13And so Dauid brought not the arke home to him to the citie of Dauid: but carryed it into the house of Obed Edom a Gethite. 14And the arke of God remayned with Obed Edom, euen in his house, three monethes: And the Lorde blessed the house of Obed Edom, & all that he had. |
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