- Second Book of Samuel (Second Book of Kings)
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chapter 6
1
And
David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
2 And David arose and went, with all the people that
were with him of the men of Juda to fetch the ark of God, upon which the name
of the Lord of hosts is invoked, who sitteth over it upon the cherubims.
3 And they laid the ark of God upon a new cart: and
took it out of the house of Abinadab, who was in Gabaa: and Oza, and Ahio, the
sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.
4 And when they had taken it out of the house of
Abinadab, who was in Gabaa, Ahio having care of the ark of God went before the
ark.
5 But David and all Israel played before the Lord on
all manner of instruments made of wood, on harps and lutes and timbrels and
cornets and cymbals.
6 And when they came to the floor of Nachon, Oza put
forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it: because the oxen kicked
and made it lean aside.
7 And the indignation of the Lord was enkindled against
Oza, and he struck him for his rashness: and he died there before the ark of
God.
8 And David was grieved because the Lord had struck
Oza, and the name of that place was called: The striking of Oza, to this day.
9 And David was afraid of the Lord that day, saying:
How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?
10 And he would not have the ark of the Lord brought in
to himself into the city of David: but he caused it to be carried into the
house of Obededom the Gethite.
11 And the ark of the Lord abode in the house of Obededom
the Gethite three months: and the Lord blessed Obededom, and all his household.
12 And it was told king David, that the Lord had
blessed Obededom, and all that he had, because of the ark of God. So David
went, and brought away the ark of God out of the house of Obededom into the
city of David with joy. And there were with David seven choirs, and calves for
victims.
13 And when they that carried the ark of the Lord had
gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a ram:
14 And David danced with all his might before the Lord:
and David was girded with a linen ephod.
15 And David and all the house of Israel brought the
ark of the covenant of the Lord with joyful shouting, and with sound of trumpet.
16 And when the ark of the Lord was come into the city
of David, Michol the daughter of Saul, looking out through a window, saw king
David leaping and dancing before the Lord: and she despised him in her heart.
17 And they brought the ark of the Lord, and set it in
its place in the midst of the tabernacle, which David had pitched for it: and
David offered holocausts, and peace offerings before the Lord.
18 And when he had made an end of offering holocausts
and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.
19 And he distributed to all the multitude of Israel
both men and women, to every one, a cake of bread, and a piece of roasted beef,
and fine flour fried with oil: and all the people departed every one to his
house.
20 And David returned to bless his own house: and
Michol the daughter of Saul coming out to meet David, said: How glorious was
the king of Israel to day, uncovering himself before the handmaids of his
servants, and was naked, as if one of the buffoons should be naked.
21 And David said to Michol: Before the Lord, who chose
me rather than thy father, and than all his house, and commanded me to be ruler
over the people of the Lord in Israel,
22 I will both play and make myself meaner than I have
done: and I will be little in my own eyes: and with the handmaid of whom thou
speakest, I shall appear more glorious.
23 Therefore Michol the daughter of Saul had no child
to the day of her death.
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