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Ask a QuestionBut Noah found favor with the Lord .
Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer - all of whom were priests - were chosen to blow the trumpets as they marched in front of the Ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were chosen to guard the Ark.
This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, the only blameless person living on earth at the time, and he walked in close fellowship with God.
“Have the people make an Ark of acacia wood - a sacred chest 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.
“What’s going on?” the Philistines asked. “What’s all the shouting about in the Hebrew camp?” When they were told it was because the Ark of the Lord had arrived,
After the Philistines captured the Ark of God, they took it from the battleground at Ebenezer to the town of Ashdod.
But the Lord killed seventy men from Beth-shemesh because they looked into the Ark of the Lord . And the people mourned greatly because of what the Lord had done.
Then the Lord ’s anger was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him dead because of this. So Uzzah died right there beside the Ark of God.
David now built several buildings for himself in the City of David. He also prepared a place for the Ark of God and set up a special tent for it.
The Ark of the Lord remained there in Obed-edom’s house for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and his entire household.
It is time to bring back the Ark of our God, for we neglected it during the reign of Saul.”
The Ark of God remained there in Obed-edom’s house for three months, and the Lord blessed the household of Obed-edom and everything he owned.
And because God was clearly helping the Levites as they carried the Ark of the Lord ’s Covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
They brought the Ark of God and placed it inside the special tent David had prepared for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to God.
Lamech named his son Noah, for he said, “May he bring us relief from our work and the painful labor of farming this ground that the Lord has cursed.”
A male and female of each kind entered, just as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord closed the door behind them.
So they sent the Ark of God to the town of Ekron, but when the people of Ekron saw it coming they cried out, “They are bringing the Ark of the God of Israel here to kill us, too!”
Then he commanded, “No one except the Levites may carry the Ark of God. The Lord has chosen them to carry the Ark of the Lord and to serve him forever.”
The rain continued to fall for forty days and forty nights.
The descendants of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.