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title: 1 Chronicles 13
slug: kjv/1-chronicles-13
createdAt: 2024-08-18T02:54:08.260Z
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**1 **And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, *and* with every leader. **2 **And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If *it seem* good unto you, and *that it be* of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, *that are* left in all the land of Israel, and with them *also* to the priests and Levites *which are* in their cities *and* suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us: **3 **And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul. **4 **And all the congregation 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 of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim. **6 **And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, *that is*, to Kirjathjearim, which *belonged* to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth *between* the cherubims, whose name is called *on it*. **7 **And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. **8 **And David and all Israel played before God with all *their* might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

**9 **And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. **10 **And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. **11 **And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day. **12 **And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God *home* to me? **13 **So David brought not the ark *home* to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. **14 **And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had.