David Fetches the Ark (1 Chronicles 13:1–7)
2 ULT And David arose and went, and all of the people who{ were} with him, from Baalah of Judah to bring up from there the Box of God, whose name is called{ by} the name of Yahweh of Armies, dweller of the cherubim upon it. BSB BSB: And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.
3 ULT And they mounted the Box of God on a new cart, and they bore it from the house of Abinadab, which{ was} on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart. BSB BSB: They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart,
4 ULT And they bore 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. BSB BSB: bringing with it the ark of God. And Ahio was walking in front of the ark.
Uzzah Touches the Ark (1 Chronicles 13:8–14)
5 ULT And David and all of the house of Israel were celebrating to the face of Yahweh with all woods of cypress and with lyres and with harps and with tambourines and with sistrums and with cymbals. BSB BSB: David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
6 ULT And they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, and Uzzah reached out to the Box of God and held it, for the oxen stumbled. BSB BSB: When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.
9 ULT And David feared Yahweh on that day, and he said,“How shall the Box of Yahweh come to me?” BSB BSB: That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”
10 ULT And David was not willing to bring to himself the Box of Yahweh to the City of David. So David turned it aside{ to} the house of Obed Edom the Gittite. BSB BSB: So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
11 ULT And the Box of Yahweh remained{ in} the house of Obed Edom the Gittite three months. And Yahweh blessed Obed Edom and all of his house. BSB BSB: Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed him and all his household.
The Ark Brought to Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 15:1–28)
12 ULT And it was declared to King David, saying,“Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed Edom and all who{ are} to him for the sake of the Box of God.” So David went, and he brought up the Box of God from the house of Obed Edom{ to} the City of David with joy. BSB BSB: Now it was reported to King David, “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 had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.
13 ULT And it happened, when the carriers of the Box of Yahweh had stepped six steps, that he sacrificed an ox and a fatling. BSB BSB: When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
14 ULT And David danced to the face of Yahweh with all of{ his} strength. And David was girded{ with} an ephod of linen. BSB BSB: And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,
15 ULT And David and all of the house of Israel were bringing up the Box of Yahweh with shouting and with the sound of the shofar, BSB BSB: while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn.
Michal’s Contempt for David (1 Chronicles 15:29–16:3)
16 ULT and the Box of Yahweh was entering the City of David. But Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down through a window, and she saw King David leaping and dancing to the face of Yahweh, and she despised him in her heart. BSB BSB: As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
17 ULT And they brought the Box of Yahweh, and they set it in its place in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it. And David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings to the face of Yahweh. BSB BSB: So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
18 ULT And David finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, and he blessed the people in the name of Yahweh of Armies. BSB BSB: When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.
19 ULT And he distributed to all of the people, to all of the multitude of Israel, to man and to woman, to a man one cake of bread and one date cake and one raisin cake. And all of the people went, a man to his house. BSB BSB: Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each to his own home.
20 ULT Then David returned to bless his house. And Michal, the daughter of Saul, came out to meet David, and she said,“How the king of Israel honored himself today, who uncovered himself today to the eyes of the female servants of his servants, as uncovering himself, one of the worthless uncovers himself!” BSB BSB: When David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”
21 ULT But David said to Michal,“To the face of Yahweh, who chose me instead of your father and instead of all of his house to appoint me leader over the people of Yahweh, over Israel, yes, I celebrated to the face of Yahweh! BSB BSB: But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,
22 ULT And I will humble myself more than this, and I will be lowly in my eyes. But with the female servants{ about} whom you spoke, with them, I will be honored.” BSB BSB: and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.”
23 ULT And to Michal, the daughter of Saul,{ there} was not a child to her to the day of her death. BSB BSB: And Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.
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