Verse 1

Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

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  • 1 Chr 13:1-4 : 1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. 2 And David said to all the congregation of Israel, If it seems good to you, and if it is of the LORD our God, let us send out to our brothers everywhere, who are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites who are in their cities and surrounding areas, that they may gather themselves to us: 3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we did not inquire of it in the days of Saul. 4 And all the congregation said they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
  • 1 Chr 13:6-9 : 6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who dwells between the cherubim, whose name is called on it. 7 And they carried the ark of God on a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart. 8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, with singing, with harps, with psalteries, with timbrels, with cymbals, and with trumpets. 9 And when they came to the threshing floor 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 struck him, because he put his hand on the ark, and there he died before God. 11 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: therefore 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 did not bring 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.
  • Ps 132:1-6 : 1 A Song of Ascents. LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions: 2 How he swore to the LORD, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob; 3 Surely I will not come into the tent of my house, nor go up to my bed; 4 I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids, 5 Until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob. 6 Behold, we heard of it at Ephrathah; we found it in the fields of the woods.
  • 2 Sam 5:1 : 1 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh.
  • 1 Kgs 8:1 : 1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers of the children of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.