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And David and all the house of Israel were making merry before the LORD, with 1songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.
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And when they came to the threshing floor of 2Nacon, Uzzah 3put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled.
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And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and 4God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God.
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And David was angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzzah, to this day.
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And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and he said, "How can the ark of the LORD come to me?"
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So David was not willing to take the ark of the LORD into the city of David. But David took it aside 5to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
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And the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months, 6and the LORD blessed Obed-edom and all his household.
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And it was told King David, "The LORD has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God."7So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom 8to the city of David with rejoicing.
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And when 9those who bore the ark of the LORD had gone six steps, 10he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal.
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And David 11danced before the LORD with all his might. And David was 12wearing a linen ephod.
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So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the horn.