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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today's reading is from 1 Chronicles

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chapters 12 through 15, the time when David was

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on the run from Saul. Chapter 12 Now these were

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the men who came to David at Ziklag while he

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was still a fugitive from Saul the son of Kish.

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And they were among the mighty men, helpers in

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the war, armed with bows, using both the right

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hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting

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arrows with the bow. They were of Benjamin, Saul's

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brethren. Jozer and Jeshubim the Korahites, and

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Jola and Zebediah the sons of Jeroham of Gidor.

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Some Gadites joined David at the stronghold in

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the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained

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for battle, who could handle shield and spear,

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whose faces were like the faces of lions, and

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were as swift as gazelles on the mountains. Ezer

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the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

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Mishmanah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, Atai

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the sixth, Eliel the seventh, Joanan the eighth.

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These were the sons of Gad, captains of the army.

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The least was over a hundred, and the greatest

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was over a thousand. These are the ones who crossed

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the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed

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all its banks, and they put to flight all those

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in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

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Then some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came

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to David at the stronghold. And David went out

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to meet them, and answered and said to them,

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If you have come peaceably to me to help me,

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my heart will be united with you. But if to betray

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me to my enemies, since there is no wrong in

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my hands, may the God of our fathers look and

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bring judgment. Then the Spirit came upon Amasai,

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chief of the captains, and he said, We are yours,

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O David. We are on your side, O son of Jesse.

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Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers,

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for your God helps you. So David received them

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and made them captains of the troop. And some

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from Manasseh defected to David when he was going

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with the Philistines to battle against Saul.

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But they did not help him, for the lords of the

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Philistines sent him away by agreement, saying,

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He may defect to his master Saul and endanger

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our heads. When he went to Ziklag, those of Manasseh

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who defected to him were Adna, Josabad, Jediayel,

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Mikael, Josabad, Elihu, and Zelitei, captains

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of the thousands who were from Manasseh. And

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they helped David against the bands of raiders,

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for they were all mighty men of valor, and they

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were captains in the army. For at that time they

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came to David day by day to help him, until it

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was a great army like the army of God. Now these

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were the numbers of the divisions that were equipped

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for war, and came to David at Hebron to turn

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over the kingdom of Saul to him, according to

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the word of the Lord. Of the sons of Judah, bearing

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shield and spear, 6 ,800 armed for war. Of the

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sons of Simeon, mighty men of valor, fit for

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war, 7 ,100. Of the sons of Levi, 4 ,600. Jehoiada,

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the leader of the Aaronites, and with him 3 ,700.

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Zodak, a young man, a valiant warrior, and from

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his father's house, 22 captains. Of the sons

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of Benjamin, relatives of Saul, 3 ,000. Until

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then, the greatest part of them had remained

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loyal to the house of Saul. Of the sons of Ephraim,

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22 ,800, mighty men of valor, famous men throughout

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their father's house. Of the half -tribe of Manasseh,

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18 ,000, who were designated by name to come

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and make David king. Of the sons of Issachar,

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who had understanding of the times, to know what

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Israel ought to do, their chiefs were 200, and

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all their brethren were at their command. Of

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Zebulun, there were 50 ,000 who went out to battle,

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expert in war with all weapons of war, stout

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-hearted men who could keep ranks. Of Naphtali,

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1 ,000 captains, and with them 37 ,000 with shield

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and spear. Of the Danites, who could keep battle

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formation, 28 ,600. Of Asher, those who could

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go out to war, able to keep battle formation,

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40 ,000. Of the Reubenites and the Gadites and

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the half -tribe of Manasseh from the other side

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of the Jordan, 120 ,000 armed for battle with

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every kind of weapon of war. All these men of

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war, who could keep ranks, came to Hebron with

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a loyal heart to make David king over all Israel.

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And all the rest of Israel were of one mind to

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make David king. And they were there with David

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three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren

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had prepared for them. Moreover, those who were

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near to them, from as far away as Issachar and

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Zebalun and Naphtali, were bringing food on donkeys

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and camels, on mules and oxen, provisions of

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flour and cakes of figs and cakes of raisins,

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wine and oil and oxen and sheep abundantly. For

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there was joy in Israel. Then David consulted

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with the captains of thousands and hundreds and

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with every leader. And David said to all the

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assembly of Israel, If it seems good to you,

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And if it is of the Lord our God, let us send

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out to our brethren everywhere who are left in

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all the land of Israel, and with them to the

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priests and Levites who are in their cities and

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their common lands, that they may gather together

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to us. And let us bring the ark of our God back

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to us, for we have not inquired at it since the

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days of Saul. Then all the assembly said that

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they would do so, for the thing was right in

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the eyes of all the people. So David gathered

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all Israel together from Shehor in Egypt to as

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far as the entrance of Hamad. to bring the Ark

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of God from Kirjas -Jerim. And David and all

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Israel went up to Bala, to Kirjas -Jerim, which

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belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the

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Ark of God the Lord, who dwells between the Sherbim,

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where his name is proclaimed. So they carried

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the Ark of God on a new cart from the house of

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Abinadab, and Uzzah and Ayah. drove the cart.

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Then David and all Israel played music before

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God with all their might, with singing, on harps,

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on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals,

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and with trumpets. And when they came to Kidon's

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threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to hold

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the ark, for the oxen stumbled. Then anger of

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the Lord was aroused against Uzzah, and he struck

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him because he put his hand to the ark, and he

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died there before God. And David became angry

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because of the Lord's outbreak against Uzzah.

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Therefore the place is called Perez Uzzah to

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this day. David was afraid of God that day, saying,

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How can I bring the ark of God to me? So David

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would not move the ark with him into the city

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of David, but took it aside into the house of

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Obed -Edom the Gittite. The ark of God remained

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with the family of Obed -Edom in his house three

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months, and the Lord blessed the house of Obed

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-Edom and all that he had. Chapter 14 Now Hiram

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king of Tyre sent messengers to David and cedar

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trees with masons and carpenters to build him

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a house. So David knew that the Lord had established

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him as king over Israel, for his kingdom was

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highly exalted for the sake of his people Israel.

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Then David took more wives in Jerusalem, and

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David begot more sons and daughters. And these

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are the names of his children whom he had in

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Jerusalem. Now when the Philistines heard that

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David had been anointed king over all Israel,

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all the Philistines went up to search for David.

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And David heard of it and went out against them.

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Then the Philistines went and made a raid on

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the valley of Rephaim. And David inquired of

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God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines?

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Will you deliver them into my hand? The Lord

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said to him, Go up, for I will deliver them into

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your hand. So they went up to Baal -perazim,

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and David defeated them there. Then David said,

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God has broken through my enemies by my hand

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like a breakthrough of water. Therefore they

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called the name of that place Baal -perazim.

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And when they left their gods there, David gave

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a commandment, and they were burned with fire.

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Then the Philistines once again made a raid on

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the valley. Therefore David inquired again of

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God, and God said to him, You shall not go up

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after them. Circle around them, and come upon

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them in front of the mulberry trees. And it shall

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be, when you hear a sound of marching in the

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tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall go

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out to battle. For God has gone out before you

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to strike the camp of the Philistines. So David

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did as God commanded him, and they drove back

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the army of the Philistines from Gibeon as far

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as Gezer. Then the fame of David went out into

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all lands, and the Lord brought the fear of him

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upon all nations. Chapter 15 David built houses

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for himself in the city of David, and he prepared

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a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent

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for it. Then David said, No one may carry the

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ark of God but the Levites, for the Lord has

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chosen them to carry the ark of God and to minister

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before him forever. And David gathered all Israel

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together at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of

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the Lord to its place, which he had prepared

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for it. Then David assembled the children of

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Aaron and the Levites of the sons of Kohath,

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Uriel the chief, and one hundred and twenty of

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his brethren. And the sons of Merari, Asaiah

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the chief, and two hundred and twenty of his

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brethren. Of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief,

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and one hundred and thirty of his brethren. Of

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the sons of Elizabethan, Shemaiah the chief,

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and two hundred of his brethren. Of the sons

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of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and eighty of his

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brethren. Of the sons of Uziel, Aminadab the

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chief, and one hundred and twelve of his brethren.

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And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests,

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and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel,

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Shemaiah, Eliel, and Aminadab. He said to them,

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You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the

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Levites. Sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren,

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that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God

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of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.

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For because you did not do it the first time,

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the Lord our God broke out against us, because

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we did not consult him about the proper order.

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So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves

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to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.

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And the children of the Levites bore the ark

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of God on their shoulders by its poles, as Moses

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had commanded according to the word of the Lord.

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Then David spoke to the leaders of the Levites

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to appoint their brethren to be the singers accompanied

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by instruments of music, stringed instruments,

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harps, and cymbals, by raising the voice with

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resounding joy. So the Levites appointed Haman

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the son of Joel, and of his brethren Asaph the

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son of Berechiah. and of their brethren, the

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sons of Merari, Etan the son of Cushiah, and

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with them their brethren of the second rank,

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Zechariah, Ben, Jeziel, Shemiramoth, Jael, Uni,

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Eliab, Benaiah, Masaiah, Matithiah, Eliphela,

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Micniah, Obed -Edom, Jael, and Azaziah, to direct

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with harps on the Shemineth. Kenaniah, leader

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of the Levites, was instructor in charge of the

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music, because he was skillful. Berechiah and

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Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. Shebaniah,

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Josaphat, Nethanel, Amasei, Zechariah, Benaiah,

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and Eleazar the priests were to blow the trumpets

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before the ark of God, and Obed -Edom and Jehiah

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doorkeepers for the ark. So David the elders

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of Israel and the captains over thousands went

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to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord

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from the house of Obed -Edom with joy. And so

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it was, when God helped the Levites who bore

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the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they

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offered seven bulls and seven rams. David was

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clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all

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the Levites who bore the ark, the singers, and

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Canania, the music master, with the singers.

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David also wore a linen ephod. Thus all Israel

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brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord

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with shouting and with the sound of the horn.

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with trumpets and with cymbals, making music

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with stringed instruments and harps. And it happened

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as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to

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the city of David, that Michal, Saul's daughter,

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looked through a window and saw King David whirling

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and playing music, and she despised him in her

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heart. I hope you enjoyed today's reading as

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much as I did, and I look forward to seeing you

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again tomorrow to continue on our journey. God

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bless you and have a great day.