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| 1After this, David gathered together again 30,000 men from all of the choicest men of Israel. | 1David again assembled all the best men in Israel, thirty thousand in number. |
| 2Then David and all the people with him set out from Baal-judah to bring up from there the Ark of God, who is called the Name, the name of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, and who is enthroned on the cherubim. | 2David and all the men who were with him traveled to Baalah in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God which is called by the name of the LORD of hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim that are on it. |
| 3They mounted the Ark of God on a new cart and brought it from Abinadab's home in Gibeah, with Abinadab's sons Uzzah and Ahio driving the new cart. | 3They loaded the ark of God on a new cart and carried it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart. |
| 4As they left Abinadab's house in Gibeah accompanied by the Ark of God, Ahio was walking ahead of the ark. | 4They brought it with the ark of God up from the house of Abinadab on the hill. Ahio was walking in front of the ark, |
| 5David and the entire assembly of Israel were dancing in the presence of the LORD with all of their strength, accompanied by all sorts of wood instruments, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals. | 5while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before the LORD, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals. |
| 6When they arrived at Nacon's threshing floor, Uzzah reached out and grabbed the Ark of God because the oxen had stumbled. | 6When they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and grabbed hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. |
| 7Just then, the anger of the LORD blazed against Uzzah, and God struck him down right there because of his failure, and he died there beside the Ark of God. | 7The LORD was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him on the spot for his negligence. He died right there beside the ark of God. |
| 8David flew into a rage because the LORD had killed Uzzah. That's why that place is called Perez-uzzah to this day. | 8David was angry because the LORD attacked Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, which remains its name to this very day. |
| 9But David feared the LORD that day, and asked, "How can the Ark of God come to me?" | 9David was afraid of the LORD that day and said, "How will the ark of the LORD ever come to me?" |
| 10As a result, David was unwilling to take the ark of the LORD into his care in the City of David. Instead, David left it at the home of Obed-edom the Gittite. | 10So David was no longer willing to bring the ark of the LORD to be with him in the City of David. David left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. |
| 11So the ark of the LORD remained for three months in the household of Obed-edom the Gittite while the LORD blessed Obed-edom and his entire household. | 11The ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months. The LORD blessed Obed-Edom and all his family. |
| 12Later on, David was informed, "The LORD has blessed the home of Obed-edom and everything he has since he's in possession of the Ark of God." So David went out joyfully and brought up the Ark of God to the City of David from Obed-edom's home. | 12David was told, "The LORD has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything he owns because of the ark of God." So David went and joyfully brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David. |
| 13After those who were carrying the ark of the LORD had taken six steps, he sacrificed oxen and fattened animals, | 13Those who carried the ark of the LORD took six steps and then David sacrificed an ox and a fatling calf. |
| 14dancing in front of the LORD with all of his strength and wearing a linen ephod. | 14Now David, wearing a linen ephod, was dancing with all his strength before the LORD. |
| 15So David and the entire assembly of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and trumpet blasts. | 15David and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the LORD, shouting and blowing trumpets. |
| 16As the ark of the LORD was coming into the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal was peering out a window, watching King David jumping and dancing in the LORD's presence, and she despised him in her heart. | 16As the ark of the LORD entered the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked out the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she despised him. |
| 17They brought in the ark of the LORD, set it in place inside the tent that David had erected for it, and David sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings in the presence of the LORD. | 17They brought the ark of the LORD and put it in its place in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before the LORD. |
| 18After David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies | 18When David finished offering the burnt sacrifices and peace offerings, he pronounced a blessing over the people in the name of the LORD of hosts. |
| 19and distributed to all the people—the entire multitude of Israel, including both men and women—a cake made of bread, one made of dates, and one made of raisins to each one. Then all the people left, each headed for home. | 19He then handed out to each member of the entire assembly of Israel, both men and women, a portion of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. Then all the people went home. |
| 20When David returned to bless his household, Saul's daughter Michal came out to meet him and called out, "How the king of Israel honored himself today by undressing himself right in front of his women staff members, just like any pervert would dare to expose himself!" | 20When David went home to pronounce a blessing on his own house, Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to meet him. She said, "How the king of Israel has distinguished himself this day! He has exposed himself today before his servants' slave girls the way a vulgar fool might do!" |
| 21But David replied to Michal, "It was in front of the LORD, who appointed me to replace your father and his entire household by selecting me as Commander-in-Chief over Israel, the people of the LORD, that I danced in front of the LORD. | 21David replied to Michal, "It was before the LORD! I was celebrating before the LORD, who chose me over your father and his entire family and appointed me as leader over the LORD's people Israel. |
| 22I'm going to act more shamelessly than this, even to humbling myself in my own eyes. Now as to the women staff members about whom you have spoken, they are to hold me in honor!" | 22I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this! But with the slave girls whom you mentioned let me be distinguished!" |
| 23And Saul's daughter Michal bore no children from that day on until the day she died. | 23Now Michal, Saul's daughter, had no children to the day of her death. |
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