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Israel went to Baalah of Judah (also called Kiriath-jearim) to bring back the
Ark of God, which bears the name of the Lord who is enthroned between
the cherubim. They placed the Ark of God on a new cart and brought it
from Abinadab’s house. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart. David and
all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, singing songs
and playing all kinds of musical instruments—lyres, harps, tambourines,
cymbals, and trumpets.
But when they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, the oxen
stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the Ark. Then the
Lord’s anger was aroused against Uzzah, and he struck him dead because
he had laid his hand on the Ark. So Uzzah died there in the presence
of God.
David was angry because the Lord’s anger had burst out against Uz
zah. He named that place Perez-uzzah (which means “to burst out against
Uzzah”), as it is still called today.
David was now afraid of God, and he asked, “How can I ever bring the
Ark of God back into my care?” So David did not move the Ark into the City
of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath. The Ark
of God remained there in O
bed-edom’s house for three months, and the
Lord blessed the household of Obed-edom and everything he owned.
Then King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar
timber, and stonemasons and carpenters to build him a palace. And Da
vid realized that the Lord had confirmed him as king over Israel and had
greatly blessed his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
Then David married more wives in Jerusalem, and they had more sons and
daughters. These are the names of David’s sons who were born in Jerusa
lem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, Nogah,
Nepheg, Japhia, Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all
Israel, they mobilized all their forces to capture him. But David was told
they were coming, so he marched out to meet them. The Philistines arrived and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim. So David asked God,
“Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?”
The Lord replied, “Yes, go ahead. I will hand them over to you.”
So Dav id and his troops went up to B
aal-perazim and defeated the
Philistines there. “God did it!” David exclaimed. “He used me to burst
through my enemies like a raging flood!” So they named that place B
aal-
perazim (which means “the Lord who bursts through”). The Philistines
had abandoned their gods there, so David gave orders to burn them.
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