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¹ And Dauid counselled with the captaines of thousandes and of hundreths, and with all the gouernours.

² And Dauid said to all the Congregation of Israel, If it seeme good to you, and that it proceedeth of the Lorde our God, we will sende to and fro vnto our brethren, that are left in all the lande of Israel (for with them are the Priests and the Leuites in the cities and their suburbes) that they may assemble them selues vnto vs.

³ And let us bring again theHis first concern was to restore religion, which had in Saul's day been corrupted and neglected.ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.

⁴ And all the Congregation answered, Let vs doe so: for the thing seemed good in the eyes of all the people.

⁵ So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God fromThat is, from Gibea, where the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim had placed it in the house of Abinadab, (2Sa_6:3).Kirjathjearim.

⁶ And Dauid went vp and all Israel to Baalath, in Kiriath-iearim, that was in Iudah, to bring vp from thence the Arke of God the Lorde that dwelleth betweene the Cherubims, where his Name is called on.

⁷ And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and AhioThe sons of Abinadab.drave the cart.

⁸ And David and all Israel played beforeThat is, before the Ark, where God showed himself: so that the sign is taken for the thing signified, which is common to all sacraments both in the old and new testaments.God with all [their] might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

⁹ And when they came unto the threshingfloor ofCalled also Nachon, (2Sa_6:6).Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.

¹⁰ And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he diedBefore the Ark for usurping that which did not belong to his calling: for this charge was given to the priests, (Num_4:15), so that here all good intentions are condemned, unless they are commanded by the word of God.before God.

¹¹ And Dauid was angrie, because the Lorde had made a breach in Vzza, and he called the name of that place Perez-vzza vnto this day.

¹² And Dauid feared God that day, saying, Howe shall I bring in to me the Arke of God?

¹³ So David brought not the ark [home] to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house ofWho was a Levite, and called Gittite, because he dwelt at Gath.Obededom the Gittite.

¹⁴ So the Arke of God remained in the house of Obed Edom, euen in his house three moneths: and the Lorde blessed the house of Obed Edom, and all that he had.