2 Samuel 5 - 6
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Then all the tribes of Israel u came to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, v we are your bone and flesh.
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In times past, when Saul was king over us, w it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord said to you, x 'You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.'"
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So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, y and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron z before the Lord, and they anointed David king over Israel.
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David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and a he reigned forty years.
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a At Hebron he reigned over Judah b seven years and six months, and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.
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c And the king and his men went to Jerusalem d against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who said to David, "You will not come in here, but the blind and the lame will ward you off" - thinking, "David cannot come in here."
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Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, e that is, the city of David.
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And David said on that day, "Whoever would strike the Jebusites, let him get up the water shaft to attack 'the lame and the blind,' who are hated by David's soul." Therefore it is said, "The blind and the lame shall not come into the house."
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And David lived in the stronghold and called it e the city of David. And David built the city all around from the f Millo inward.
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And David became greater and greater, for the Lord, the God of hosts, was with him.
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g And h Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house.
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And David knew that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
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And David took more i concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, and more sons and daughters were born to David.
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j And these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,
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Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,
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Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
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When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went down k to the stronghold.
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Now the Philistines had come and spread out in l the Valley of Rephaim.
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And David m inquired of the Lord, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?" And the Lord said to David, "Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand."
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And David came to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there. And he said, "The Lord has burst through my enemies before me like a bursting flood." n Therefore the name of that place is called Baal-perazim.
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And the Philistines left their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.
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And the Philistines came up yet again o and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
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p And when David inquired of the Lord, he said, "You shall not go up; go around to their rear, and come against them opposite the balsam trees.
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And q when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then rouse yourself, r for then the Lord has gone out before you to strike down the army of the Philistines."
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And David did as the Lord commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba s to Gezer.
2 Samuel 6
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t David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
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And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from u Baale-judah v to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts w who sits enthroned on the cherubim.
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And they carried the ark of God x on a new cart and brought it y out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart,
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with the ark of God, and Ahio went before the ark.
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And David and all the house of Israel were making merry before the Lord, with z songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.
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And when they came to the threshing floor of a Nacon, Uzzah b put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled.
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And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and c God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God.
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And David was angry because the Lord had burst forth against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzzah, to this day.
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And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and he said, "How can the ark of the Lord come to me?"
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So David was not willing to take the ark of the Lord into the city of David. But David took it aside d to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
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And the ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months, e and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and all his household.
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And it was told King David, "The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." f So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom g to the city of David with rejoicing.
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And when h those who bore the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, i he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal.
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And David j danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was k wearing a linen ephod.
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So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the horn.
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As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.
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And they brought in the ark of the Lord and set it l in its place, inside the tent that David had pitched for it. m And David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
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And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, n he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts
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and distributed among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, a cake of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins to each one. o Then all the people departed, each to his house.
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And David returned to bless his household. But Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, "How the king of Israel honored himself today, p uncovering himself today before the eyes of his servants' female servants, as one of the q vulgar fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!"
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And David said to Michal, "It was before the Lord, r who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me as prince over Israel, the people of the Lord - and I will make merry before the Lord.
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I will make myself yet more contemptible than this, and I will be abased in your eyes. But by the female servants of whom you have spoken, by them I shall be held in honor."
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And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.
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2 Samuel 5:1 - 3
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.
1 Chronicles 11:1 - 3
Then all Israel gathered together to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.
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Genesis 29:14
And Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and my flesh!" And he stayed with him a month.
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1 Samuel 18:13
So Saul removed him from his presence and made him a commander of a thousand. And he went out and came in before the people.
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2 Samuel 7:7
In all places where I have moved with all the people of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people Israel, saying, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"
1 Chronicles 17:6
In all places where I have moved with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd my people, saying, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?"
Psalms 78:71 - 72
From following the nursing ewes he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance.
Matthew 2:6
"'And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'"
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2 Samuel 3:12 - 13
And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, "To whom does the land belong? Make your covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to bring over all Israel to you.
2 Samuel 3:21
And Abner said to David, "I will arise and go and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires." So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.
2 Kings 11:17
And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord and the king and people, that they should be the Lord 's people, and also between the king and the people.
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Judges 11:11
So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and leader over them. And Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord at Mizpah.
1 Samuel 23:18
And the two of them made a covenant before the Lord. David remained at Horesh, and Jonathan went home.
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1 Kings 2:11
And the time that David reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 3:4
Six were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned for seven years and six months. And he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
1 Chronicles 29:27
The time that he reigned over Israel was forty years. He reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem.
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2 Samuel 5:4
David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
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2 Samuel 2:11
And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.
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2 Samuel 5:6 - 10
And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who said to David, "You will not come in here, but the blind and the lame will ward you off" - thinking, "David cannot come in here.
1 Chronicles 11:4 - 9
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, that is, Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land.
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Judges 19:11
When they were near Jebus, the day was nearly over, and the servant said to his master, "Come now, let us turn aside to this city of the Jebusites and spend the night in it.
Joshua 15:63
But the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the people of Judah could not drive out, so the Jebusites dwell with the people of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
Judges 1:21
But the people of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem, so the Jebusites have lived with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
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2 Samuel 6:12
And it was told King David, "The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing.
2 Samuel 6:16
As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.
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2 Samuel 5:7
Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.
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1 Kings 9:15
And this is the account of the forced labor that King Solomon drafted to build the house of the Lord and his own house and the Millo and the wall of Jerusalem and Hazor and Megiddo and Gezer
1 Kings 9:24
But Pharaoh's daughter went up from the city of David to her own house that Solomon had built for her. Then he built the Millo.
1 Kings 11:27
And this was the reason why he lifted up his hand against the king. Solomon built the Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of David his father.
2 Kings 12:20
His servants arose and made a conspiracy and struck down Joash in the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla.
2 Chronicles 32:5
He set to work resolutely and built up all the wall that was broken down and raised towers upon it, and outside it he built another wall, and he strengthened the Millo in the city of David. He also made weapons and shields in abundance.
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2 Samuel 5:11 - 25
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also carpenters and masons who built David a house.
1 Chronicles 14:1 - 16
And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, also masons and carpenters to build a house for him.
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1 Kings 5:1
Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram always loved David.
1 Kings 6:1
In the four hundred and eightieth year after the people of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv, which is the second month, he began to build the house of the Lord.
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1 Chronicles 3:9
All these were David's sons, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar was their sister.
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1 Chronicles 3:5 - 8
These were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon, four by Bath-shua, the daughter of Ammiel.
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2 Samuel 23:14
David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem.
1 Samuel 22:4 - 5
And he left them with the king of Moab, and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
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2 Samuel 5:22
And the Philistines came up yet again and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 23:13
And three of the thirty chief men went down and came about harvest time to David at the cave of Adullam, when a band of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
Joshua 15:8
Then the boundary goes up by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom at the southern shoulder of the Jebusite ( that is, Jerusalem). And the boundary goes up to the top of the mountain that lies over against the Valley of Hinnom, on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
Joshua 18:16
Then the boundary goes down to the border of the mountain that overlooks the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is at the north end of the Valley of Rephaim. And it then goes down the Valley of Hinnom, south of the shoulder of the Jebusites, and downward to En-rogel.
Joshua 17:15
And Joshua said to them, "If you are a numerous people, go up by yourselves to the forest, and there clear ground for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.
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2 Samuel 2:1
After this David inquired of the Lord, "Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah?" And the Lord said to him, "Go up." David said, "To which shall I go up?" And he said, "To Hebron.
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Isaiah 28:21
For the Lord will rise up as on Mount Perazim; as in the Valley of Gibeon he will be roused; to do his deed - strange is his deed! and to work his work - alien is his work!
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2 Samuel 5:18
Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
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1 Samuel 22:10
And he inquired of the Lord for him and gave him provisions and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
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2 Kings 7:6
For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians hear the sound of chariots and of horses, the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, "Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come against us.
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Judges 4:14
And Deborah said to Barak, "Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has given Sisera into your hand. Does not the Lord go out before you?" So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men following him.
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Joshua 10:33
Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish. And Joshua struck him and his people, until he left none remaining.
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2 Samuel 6:1 - 11
David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
1 Chronicles 13:6 - 14
And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim that belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord who sits enthroned above the cherubim.
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Joshua 15:9
Then the boundary extends from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, and from there to the cities of Mount Ephron. Then the boundary bends around to Baalah ( that is, Kiriath-jearim).
Joshua 15:60
Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah: two cities with their villages.
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2 Chronicles 1:4
(But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.)
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Exodus 25:22
There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.
1 Samuel 4:4
So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, who is enthroned on the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
Psalms 80:1
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
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1 Samuel 6:7
Now then, take and prepare a new cart and two milk cows on which there has never come a yoke, and yoke the cows to the cart, but take their calves home, away from them.
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1 Samuel 7:1
And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took up the ark of the Lord and brought it to the house of Abinadab on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to have charge of the ark of the Lord.
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1 Chronicles 13:8
And David and all Israel were rejoicing before God with all their might, with song and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.
Psalms 150:3 - 5
Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!
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1 Chronicles 13:9
And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah put out his hand to take hold of the ark, for the oxen stumbled.
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Numbers 4:15
And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.
1 Chronicles 15:2
Then David said that no one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord had chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister to him forever.
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1 Samuel 6:19
And he struck some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked upon the ark of the Lord. He struck seventy men of them, and the people mourned because the Lord had struck the people with a great blow.
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1 Chronicles 15:25
So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-edom with rejoicing.
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1 Chronicles 26:5
Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth, for God blessed him.
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2 Samuel 6:12 - 19
And it was told King David, "The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing.
1 Chronicles 15:25 - 16:3
So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-edom with rejoicing.
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1 Kings 8:1
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' houses of the people of Israel, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.
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Numbers 4:15
And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.
Numbers 7:9
But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because they were charged with the service of the holy things that had to be carried on the shoulder.
Joshua 3:3
And commanded the people, "As soon as you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by the Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place and follow it.
1 Chronicles 15:2
Then David said that no one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord had chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister to him forever.
1 Chronicles 15:15
And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord.
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1 Kings 8:5
And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
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Exodus 15:20
Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.
Psalms 30:11
You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.
Psalms 150:4
Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!
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1 Samuel 2:18
Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy clothed with a linen ephod.
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1 Chronicles 15:1
David built houses for himself in the city of David. And he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
2 Chronicles 1:4
(But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.)
Psalms 132:8
Arise, O Lord, and go to your resting place, you and the ark of your might.
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1 Kings 8:5
And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
1 Kings 8:62 - 63
Then the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord.
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1 Kings 8:14
Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.
1 Kings 8:55
And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying.
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1 Chronicles 16:43
Then all the people departed each to his house, and David went home to bless his household.
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2 Samuel 6:14
And David danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was wearing a linen ephod.
2 Samuel 6:16
As the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.
1 Samuel 19:24
And he too stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay naked all that day and all that night. Thus it is said, "Is Saul also among the prophets?
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Judges 9:4
And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows, who followed him.
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1 Samuel 13:14
But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.
1 Samuel 15:28
And Samuel said to him, "The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.
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