1 Chronicles 13:1WEB
David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.
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1 ChroniclesWEB
1 Chronicles 13:1WEB
David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.
1 Chronicles 13:2WEB
David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if it is of Yahweh our God, let’s send word everywhere to our brothers who are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have pasture lands, that they may gather themselves to us.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
1 Chronicles 13:3WEB
Also, let’s bring the ark of our God back to us again, for we didn’t seek it in the days of Saul.”
1 Chronicles 13:4WEB
All the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
1 Chronicles 13:5WEB
So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor River of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring God’s ark from Kiriath Jearim.
1 Chronicles 13:6WEB
David went up with all Israel to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there God Yahweh’s ark that sits above the cherubim, that is called by the Name.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
1 Chronicles 13:7WEB
They carried God’s ark on a new cart, and brought it out of Abinadab’s house; and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
1 Chronicles 13:8WEB
David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with cymbals, and with trumpets.
1 Chronicles 13:9WEB
When they came to Chidon’s threshing floor, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled.
1 Chronicles 13:10WEB
Yahweh’s anger burned against Uzza, and he struck him because he put his hand on the ark; and he died there before God.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
1 Chronicles 13:11WEB
David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken out against Uzza. He called that place Perez Uzza, to this day.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
1 Chronicles 13:12WEB
David was afraid of God that day, saying, “How can I bring God’s ark home to me?”
1 Chronicles 13:13WEB
So David didn’t move the ark with him into David’s city, but carried it aside into Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house.
1 Chronicles 13:14WEB
God’s ark remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house three months; and Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom’s house and all that he had.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.