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The Second Book of Samuel 6

6 And David again gathered all the chosen men in Israel—30,000. 2 And he got up, and David and all the people who were with him went from Baalah of Judah to bring up from there the Box of God whose name is called the name of Yahweh of Hosts, who dwells between the cherubim on it. 3 And they mounted the Box of God on a new cart, and they carried it from the house of Abinadab which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were leading the new cart. 4 And they carried it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill, with the Box of God. And Ahio was walking to the face of the Box, 5 and David and all the house of Israel were celebrating to the face of Yahweh with all the trees of juniper and with harps and with lyres and with tambourines and with rattles and with cymbals.

6 And they came up to the threshing floor of Nakon. And Uzzah reached out to the Box of God, and he grabbed it because the oxen let it fall. 7 And the nose of Yahweh grew hot against Uzzah, and God struck him there on account of the error. And he died there by the Box of God.

8 And it grew hot for David because Yahweh broke out with an outburst against Uzzah. And he called that place Perez-Uzzah, up to this day.

9 And David feared Yahweh that day. And he said, “How will the Box of Yahweh come to me?” 10 And David was not willing to remove to himself the Box of Yahweh to the City of David. And David guided it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. 11 And the Box of Yahweh sat in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite, for three months. And Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom and all his house.

12 And it was declared to King David, saying, “Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and everyone who belongs to him for the sake of the Box of God.” And David went, and he brought up the Box of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with joy. 13 And it happened that the people who carried the Box of Yahweh marched six steps, and he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal. 14 And David danced to the face of Yahweh with all his strength. And David was wearing an ephod of linen. 15 And David and all the house of Israel were bringing up the Box of Yahweh with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.

16 And the Box of Yahweh was entering the City of David. But Michal the daughter of Saul looked down through the window, and she saw King David leaping and dancing to the face of Yahweh, and she despised him in her heart.

17 And they brought the Box of Yahweh, and they placed it in its place in the midst of the tent that David pitched for it. And David lifted up burnt offerings to the face of Yahweh and peace offerings 18 And David ceased from lifting up the burnt offerings and the peace offerings. And he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of Hosts. 19 And he distributed to all the people, to all the multitude of Israel, to both a man and to a woman, to each one cake of bread and one date cake and one raisin cake. And all the people went, each to his house.

20 And David returned to bless his house. And Michal the daughter of Saul went out to meet David, and she said, “How honored today was the king of Israel, who exposed himself today to the eyes of the female servants of his servants, like the uncovered exposing of one of the empty people!”

21 And David said to Michal, “To the face of Yahweh who chose me (rather than your father and rather than all his family) by commanding me as leader over the people of Yahweh, over Israel—and I celebrated to the face of Yahweh! 22 And I demeaned myself more than that, and I was low in my eyes. But with the female servants about whom you have spoken—with them, I will be honored.”

23 And to Michal the daughter of Saul there did not belong to her a child to the day of her death.

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