2 Samuel 5:11-6:23New King James Version (NKJV)
11 Then Hiram king of Tyre sent
messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters and masons. And they built
David a house. 12 So David knew that
the Lord had established him as king over Israel, and that He had
exalted His kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
13 And David took more concubines and
wives from Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron. Also more sons and
daughters were born to David. 14 Now these are the
names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua,[a]Shobab, Nathan,
Solomon, 15 Ibhar, Elishua,[b] Nepheg, Japhia, 16 Elishama,
Eliada, and Eliphelet.
The Philistines Defeated
17 Now when the Philistines heard
that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to
search for David. And David heard of it and went down to the
stronghold. 18 The Philistines also went and
deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim. 19 So
David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up against the
Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?”
And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will
doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
20 So David went to Baal Perazim, and
David defeated them there; and he said, “The Lord has broken through
my enemies before me, like a breakthrough of water.” Therefore he called the
name of that place Baal Perazim.[c] 21 And
they left their images there, and David and his men carried them away.
22 Then the Philistines went up once
again and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim. 23 Therefore
David inquired of the Lord, and He said, “You shall not go up; circle
around behind them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees. 24 And
it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry
trees, then you shall advance quickly. For then the Lord will go out
before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.” 25 And
David did so, as the Lord commanded him; and he drove back the
Philistines from Geba[d] as far as Gezer.
The Ark Brought to Jerusalem
6 Again David gathered all the choice men of
Israel, thirty thousand. 2 And David arose and went
with all the people who were with him from Baale Judah to
bring up from there the ark of God, whose name is called by the Name,[e] the Lord of
Hosts, who dwells between the cherubim. 3 So
they set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of
Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons
of Abinadab, drove the new cart.[f] 4 And
they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the
hill, accompanying the ark of God; and Ahio went before the ark. 5 Then
David and all the house of Israel played music before
the Lord on all kinds of instruments of fir wood, on
harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on sistrums, and on cymbals.
6 And when they came to Nachon’s
threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and
took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. 7 Then the
anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there
for his error; and he died there by the ark of God. 8 And
David became angry because of the Lord’s outbreak against Uzzah; and he
called the name of the place Perez Uzzah[g] to this day.
9 David was afraid of
the Lord that day; and he said, “How can the ark of
the Lord come to me?” 10 So David would
not move the ark of the Lord with him into the City of David; but
David took it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. 11 The
ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three
months. And the Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his household.
12 Now it was told King David,
saying, “The Lord has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all
that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went
and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David
with gladness. 13 And so it was, when those bearing
the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, that he sacrificed oxen and
fatted sheep. 14 Then David danced before
the Lord with all his might; and David was wearing
a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house of
Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the
sound of the trumpet.
16 Now as the ark of
the Lord came into the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked
through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the Lord;
and she despised him in her heart. 17 So they
brought the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place in the midst of the
tabernacle that David had erected for it. Then David offered burnt offerings
and peace offerings before the Lord. 18 And
when David had finished offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he
blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts. 19 Then
he distributed among all the people, among the whole multitude of Israel, both
the women and the men, to everyone a loaf of bread, a piece of meat, and
a cake of raisins. So all the people departed, everyone to his house.
20 Then David returned to bless his
household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said,
“How glorious was the king of Israel today, uncovering himself today in the
eyes of the maids of his servants, as one of the base fellows shamelessly
uncovers himself!”
21 So David said to Michal, “It
was before the Lord, who chose me instead of your father and all
his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel.
Therefore I will play music before the Lord. 22 And
I will be even more undignified than this, and will be humble in my own sight.
But as for the maidservants of whom you have spoken, by them I will be held in
honor.”
23 Therefore Michal the daughter of
Saul had no children to the day of her death.
1 Chronicles 13-16New King James Version (NKJV)
The Ark Brought from Kirjath Jearim
13 Then David consulted with the captains of
thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. 2 And
David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to
you, and if it is of the Lord our God, let us send out to our
brethren everywhere who are left in all the land of Israel,
and with them to the priests and Levites who are in their
cities and their common-lands, that they may gather together
to us; 3 and let us bring the ark of our God back
to us, for we have not inquired at it since the days of Saul.” 4 Then
all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the
eyes of all the people.
5 So David gathered all Israel
together, from Shihor in Egypt to as far as the entrance of Hamath, to bring
the ark of God from Kirjath Jearim. 6 And David and
all Israel went up to Baalah,[a] to Kirjath Jearim,
which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord,
who dwells between the cherubim, where His name
is proclaimed. 7 So they carried the ark of God on
a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart. 8 Then
David and all Israel played music before God with all their might,
with singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals,
and with trumpets.
9 And when they came to Chidon’s[b] threshing floor, Uzza
put out his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled. 10 Then
the anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzza, and He struck him
because he put his hand to the ark; and he died there before God. 11 And
David became angry because of the Lord’s outbreak against Uzza; therefore
that place is called Perez Uzza[c] to this day. 12 David
was afraid of God that day, saying, “How can I bring the ark of God to me?”
13 So David would not move the ark
with him into the City of David, but took it aside into the house of Obed-Edom
the Gittite. 14 The ark of God remained with the
family of Obed-Edom in his house three months. And the Lord blessed
the house of Obed-Edom and all that he had.
David Established at Jerusalem
14 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to
David, and cedar trees, with masons and carpenters, to build him a house. 2 So
David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel, for
his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of His people Israel.
3 Then David took more wives in
Jerusalem, and David begot more sons and daughters. 4 And
these are the names of his children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua,[d] Shobab, Nathan,
Solomon, 5 Ibhar, Elishua,[e] Elpelet,[f]6 Nogah, Nepheg,
Japhia, 7 Elishama, Beeliada,[g] and Eliphelet.
The Philistines Defeated
8 Now when the Philistines heard that
David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to
search for David. And David heard of it and went out against
them. 9 Then the Philistines went and made a raid
on the Valley of Rephaim. 10 And David inquired of
God, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into
my hand?”
The Lord said to him, “Go up, for I will deliver
them into your hand.”
11 So they went up to Baal Perazim,
and David defeated them there. Then David said, “God has broken through my
enemies by my hand like a breakthrough of water.” Therefore they called the
name of that place Baal Perazim.[h] 12 And
when they left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned
with fire.
13 Then the Philistines once again
made a raid on the valley. 14 Therefore David
inquired again of God, and God said to him, “You shall not go up after them;
circle around them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees. 15 And
it shall be, when you hear a sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry
trees, then you shall go out to battle, for God has gone out before you to
strike the camp of the Philistines.” 16 So David
did as God commanded him, and they drove back the army of the Philistines from
Gibeon as far as Gezer. 17 Then the fame of David
went out into all lands, and the Lord brought the fear of him upon
all nations.
The Ark Brought to Jerusalem
15 David built houses for himself in
the City of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a
tent for it. 2 Then David said, “No one may carry
the ark of God but the Levites, for the Lord has chosen them to carry
the ark of God and to minister before Him forever.” 3 And
David gathered all Israel together at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of
the Lord to its place, which he had prepared for it. 4 Then
David assembled the children of Aaron and the Levites: 5 of
the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and one hundred and twenty of his
brethren; 6 of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the
chief, and two hundred and twenty of his brethren; 7 of
the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and one hundred and thirty of his
brethren; 8 of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the
chief, and two hundred of his brethren; 9 of the
sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and eighty of his brethren; 10 of
the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and one hundred and twelve of his
brethren.
11 And David called for Zadok and
Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites: for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah,
Eliel, and Amminadab. 12 He said to them,
“You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of
the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up
the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place I
have prepared for it. 13 For because you did not do
it the first time, the Lord our God broke
out against us, because we did not consult Him about the proper order.”
14 So the priests and the Levites
sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of
Israel. 15 And the children of the Levites bore the
ark of God on their shoulders, by its poles, as Moses had commanded according
to the word of the Lord.
16 Then David spoke to the leaders of
the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers
accompanied by instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals,
by raising the voice with resounding joy. 17 So the
Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of
Berechiah; and of their brethren, the sons of Merari, Ethan the son of
Kushaiah; 18 and with them their brethren of the
second rank: Zechariah, Ben,[i] Jaaziel, Shemiramoth,
Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Elipheleh, Mikneiah,
Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers; 19 the
singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were to sound the cymbals of
bronze; 20 Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel,
Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with strings according to Alamoth; 21 Mattithiah,
Elipheleh, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, to direct with harps on the
Sheminith; 22 Chenaniah, leader of the Levites, was
instructor in charge of the music, because he was skillful; 23 Berechiah
and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark; 24 Shebaniah,
Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, were
to blow the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah,
doorkeepers for the ark.
25 So David, the elders of Israel,
and the captains over thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of
the Lord from the house of Obed-Edom with joy. 26 And
so it was, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of
the Lord, that they offered seven bulls and seven rams. 27 David
was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who bore the
ark, the singers, and Chenaniah the music master with the
singers. David also wore a linen ephod. 28 Thus all
Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting
and with the sound of the horn, with trumpets and with cymbals, making music
with stringed instruments and harps.
29 And it happened, as the
ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the City of David, that
Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David whirling
and playing music; and she despised him in her heart.
The Ark Placed in the Tabernacle
16 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in
the midst of the tabernacle that David had erected for it. Then they offered
burnt offerings and peace offerings before God. 2 And
when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings,
he blessed the people in the name of the Lord. 3 Then
he distributed to everyone of Israel, both man and woman, to everyone a loaf of
bread, a piece of meat, and a cake of raisins.
4 And he appointed some of the
Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, to commemorate, to thank,
and to praise the Lord God of Israel: 5 Asaph
the chief, and next to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth,
Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, and Obed-Edom: Jeiel with stringed
instruments and harps, but Asaph made music with cymbals; 6 Benaiah
and Jahaziel the priests regularly blew the trumpets before
the ark of the covenant of God.
David’s Song of Thanksgiving
7 On that day David first
delivered this psalm into the hand of Asaph and his brethren,
to thank the Lord:
8 Oh, give thanks to the Lord!
Call upon His name;
Make known His deeds among the peoples!
9 Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;
Talk of all His wondrous works!
10 Glory in His holy name;
Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!
11 Seek the Lord and His strength;
Seek His face evermore!
12 Remember His marvelous works which He has done,
His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,
13 O seed of Israel His servant,
You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!
Call upon His name;
Make known His deeds among the peoples!
9 Sing to Him, sing psalms to Him;
Talk of all His wondrous works!
10 Glory in His holy name;
Let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord!
11 Seek the Lord and His strength;
Seek His face evermore!
12 Remember His marvelous works which He has done,
His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth,
13 O seed of Israel His servant,
You children of Jacob, His chosen ones!
14 He is the Lord our
God;
His judgments are in all the earth.
15 Remember His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations,
16 The covenant which He made with Abraham,
And His oath to Isaac,
17 And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,
To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
18 Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the allotment of your inheritance,”
19 When you were few in number,
Indeed very few, and strangers in it.
His judgments are in all the earth.
15 Remember His covenant forever,
The word which He commanded, for a thousand generations,
16 The covenant which He made with Abraham,
And His oath to Isaac,
17 And confirmed it to Jacob for a statute,
To Israel for an everlasting covenant,
18 Saying, “To you I will give the land of Canaan
As the allotment of your inheritance,”
19 When you were few in number,
Indeed very few, and strangers in it.
20 When they went from one nation to
another,
And from one kingdom to another people,
21 He permitted no man to do them wrong;
Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes,
22 Saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do My prophets no harm.”[j]
And from one kingdom to another people,
21 He permitted no man to do them wrong;
Yes, He rebuked kings for their sakes,
22 Saying, “Do not touch My anointed ones,
And do My prophets no harm.”[j]
23 Sing to the Lord, all the
earth;
Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.
24 Declare His glory among the nations,
His wonders among all peoples.
Proclaim the good news of His salvation from day to day.
24 Declare His glory among the nations,
His wonders among all peoples.
25 For the Lord is great
and greatly to be praised;
He is also to be feared above all gods.
26 For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
But the Lord made the heavens.
27 Honor and majesty are before Him;
Strength and gladness are in His place.
He is also to be feared above all gods.
26 For all the gods of the peoples are idols,
But the Lord made the heavens.
27 Honor and majesty are before Him;
Strength and gladness are in His place.
28 Give to the Lord, O families
of the peoples,
Give to the Lord glory and strength.
29 Give to the Lord the glory due His name;
Bring an offering, and come before Him.
Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!
30 Tremble before Him, all the earth.
The world also is firmly established,
It shall not be moved.
Give to the Lord glory and strength.
29 Give to the Lord the glory due His name;
Bring an offering, and come before Him.
Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!
30 Tremble before Him, all the earth.
The world also is firmly established,
It shall not be moved.
31 Let the heavens rejoice, and let
the earth be glad;
And let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.”
32 Let the sea roar, and all its fullness;
Let the field rejoice, and all that is in it.
33 Then the trees of the woods shall rejoice before the Lord,
For He is coming to judge the earth.[k]
And let them say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.”
32 Let the sea roar, and all its fullness;
Let the field rejoice, and all that is in it.
33 Then the trees of the woods shall rejoice before the Lord,
For He is coming to judge the earth.[k]
34 Oh, give thanks to the Lord,
for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.[l]
35 And say, “Save us, O God of our salvation;
Gather us together, and deliver us from the Gentiles,
To give thanks to Your holy name,
To triumph in Your praise.”
For His mercy endures forever.[l]
35 And say, “Save us, O God of our salvation;
Gather us together, and deliver us from the Gentiles,
To give thanks to Your holy name,
To triumph in Your praise.”
And all the people said, “Amen!” and praised the Lord.
Regular Worship Maintained
37 So he left Asaph and his brothers
there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord to minister before
the ark regularly, as every day’s work required; 38 and
Obed-Edom with his sixty-eight brethren, including Obed-Edom the son of
Jeduthun, and Hosah, to be gatekeepers; 39 and
Zadok the priest and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of
the Lord at the high place that was at Gibeon, 40 to
offer burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of burnt offering
regularly morning and evening, and to do according to all that
is written in the Law of the Lord which He commanded Israel; 41 and
with them Heman and Jeduthun and the rest who were chosen, who were designated
by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because His mercy endures forever; 42 and
with them Heman and Jeduthun, to sound aloud with trumpets and cymbals and the
musical instruments of God. Now the sons of Jeduthun were gatekeepers.
43 Then all the people departed,
every man to his house; and David returned to bless his house.
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