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Peril
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| 2 Samuel 6:1 |
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Now David again gathered all the chosen men
of Israel, thirty thousand. |
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| 2 Samuel 6:2 |
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And David arose and went with all the people
who were with him to Baale-judah, to bring up from there the ark of God which
is called by the Name, the very name of the LORD of hosts who is enthroned above
the cherubim. |
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| 2 Samuel 6:3 |
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They placed the ark of God on a new cart that
they might bring it from the house of Abinadab which was on the hill; and Uzzah
and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were leading the new cart. |
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| 2 Samuel 6:4 |
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So they brought it with the ark of God from
the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Ahio was walking ahead of the
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| 2 Samuel 6:5 |
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Meanwhile, David and all the house of Israel
were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of instruments made of fir wood,
and with lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets and cymbals. |
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| 2 Samuel 6:6 |
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But when they came to the threshing floor of
Nacon, Uzzah reached out toward the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen
nearly upset it. |
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| 2 Samuel 6:7 |
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And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah,
and God struck him down there for his irreverence; and he died there by the ark
of God. |
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| 2 Samuel 6:8 |
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David became angry because of the LORD'S outburst
against Uzzah, and that place is called Perez-uzzah to this day. |
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| 2 Samuel 6:9 |
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So David was afraid of the LORD that day; and
he said, "How can the ark of the LORD come to me?" |
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| 2 Samuel 6:10 |
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And David was unwilling to move the ark of the
LORD into the city of David with him; but David took it aside to the house of
Obed-edom the Gittite. |
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| 2 Samuel 6:11 |
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Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house
of Obed-edom the Gittite three months, and the LORD blessed Obed-edom and all
his household. |
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The
Ark Is Brought to Jerusalem |
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| 2 Samuel 6:12 |
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Now it was told King David, saying, "The LORD
has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, on account of
the ark of God." David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom
into the city of David with gladness. |
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| 2 Samuel 6:13 |
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And so it was, that when the bearers of the
ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling. |
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| 2 Samuel 6:14 |
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And David was dancing before the LORD with all
his might, and David was wearing a linen ephod. |
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| 2 Samuel 6:15 |
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So David and all the house of Israel were bringing
up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sound of the trumpet. |
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| 2 Samuel 6:16 |
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Then it happened as the ark of the LORD came
into the city of David that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window
and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in
her heart. |
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| 2 Samuel 6:17 |
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So they brought in the ark of the LORD and set
it in its place inside the tent which David had pitched for it; and David offered
burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. |
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| 2 Samuel 6:18 |
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When David had finished offering the burnt
offering and the peace offering, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD
of hosts. |
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| 2 Samuel 6:19 |
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Further, he distributed to all the people, to
all the multitude of Israel, both to men and women, a cake of bread and one of
dates and one of raisins to each one. Then all the people departed each to his
house. |
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| 2 Samuel 6:20 |
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But when David returned to bless his household,
Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, "How the king of
Israel distinguished himself today! He uncovered himself today in the eyes of
his servants' maids as one of the foolish ones shamelessly uncovers himself!" |
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| 2 Samuel 6:21 |
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So David said to Michal, " It was before the
LORD, who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me ruler
over the people of the LORD, over Israel; therefore I will celebrate before the
LORD. |
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| 2 Samuel 6:22 |
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I will be more lightly esteemed than this and
will be humble in my own eyes, but with the maids of whom you have spoken, with
them I will be distinguished." |
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| 2 Samuel 6:23 |
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Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to
the day of her death. |
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