Bible reading for the day: 124_05-May-04_2Sa5v11-6v23_1Ch13-16-------- 2Sa 6:23 Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death. -------- 1Ch 13:1 Then David consulted with the captains of the thousands and the hundreds, even with every leader. 1Ch 13:2 David said to all the assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you, and if it is from the Lord our God, let us send everywhere to our kinsmen who remain in all the land of Israel, also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their cities with pasture lands, that they may meet with us; 1Ch 13:3 and let us bring back the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul." 1Ch 13:4 Then all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. 1Ch 13:5 So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim. 1Ch 13:6 David and all Israel went up to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim, which belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, the Lord who is enthroned above the cherubim, where His name is called. 1Ch 13:7 They carried the ark of God on a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart. 1Ch 13:8 David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, even with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals and with trumpets. 1Ch 13:9 When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, because the oxen nearly upset it. 1Ch 13:10 The anger of the Lord burned against Uzza, so He struck him down because he put out his hand to the ark; and he died there before God. 1Ch 13:11 Then David became angry because of the Lord's outburst against Uzza; and he called that place Perez-uzza to this day. 1Ch 13:12 David was afraid of God that day, saying, "How can I bring the ark of God home to me?" 1Ch 13:13 So David did not take the ark with him to the city of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 1Ch 13:14 Thus the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months; and the Lord blessed the family of Obed-edom with all that he had. -------- 1Ch 14:1 Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, masons and carpenters, to build a house for him. 1Ch 14:2 And David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was highly exalted, for the sake of His people Israel. 1Ch 14:3 Then David took more wives at Jerusalem, and David became the father of more sons and daughters. 1Ch 14:4 These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 1Ch 14:5 Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, 1Ch 14:6 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 1Ch 14:7 Elishama, Beeliada and Eliphelet. 1Ch 14:8 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up in search of David; and David heard of it and went out against them. 1Ch 14:9 Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim. 1Ch 14:10 David inquired of God, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? And will You give them into my hand?" Then the Lord said to him, "Go up, for I will give them into your hand." 1Ch 14:11 So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there; and David said, "God has broken through my enemies by my hand, like the breakthrough of waters." Therefore they named that place Baal-perazim. 1Ch 14:12 They abandoned their gods there; so David gave the order and they were burned with fire. 1Ch 14:13 The Philistines made yet another raid in the valley. 1Ch 14:14 David inquired again of God, and God said to him, "You shall not go up after them; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the balsam trees. 1Ch 14:15 It shall be when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall go out to battle, for God will have gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines." 1Ch 14:16 David did just as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even as far as Gezer. 1Ch 14:17 Then the fame of David went out into all the lands; and the Lord brought the fear of him on all the nations. -------- 1Ch 15:1 Now 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. 1Ch 15:2 Then David said, "No one is to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever." 1Ch 15:3 And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place which he had prepared for it. 1Ch 15:4 David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites: 1Ch 15:5 of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and 120 of his relatives; 1Ch 15:6 of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and 220 of his relatives; 1Ch 15:7 of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and 130 of his relatives; 1Ch 15:8 of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and 200 of his relatives; 1Ch 15:9 of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and 80 of his relatives; 1Ch 15:10 of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and 112 of his relatives. 1Ch 15:11 Then David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel and Amminadab, 1Ch 15:12 and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' households of the Levites; consecrate yourselves both you and your relatives, that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place that I have prepared for it. 1Ch 15:13 Because you did not carry it at the first, the Lord our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance." 1Ch 15:14 So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel. 1Ch 15:15 The sons of the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord. 1Ch 15:16 Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, harps, lyres, loud-sounding cymbals, to raise sounds of joy. 1Ch 15:17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel, and from his relatives, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari their relatives, Ethan the son of Kushaiah, 1Ch 15:18 and with them their relatives of the second rank, Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom and Jeiel, the gatekeepers. 1Ch 15:19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan were appointed to sound aloud cymbals of bronze; 1Ch 15:20 and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah, with harps tuned to alamoth; 1Ch 15:21 and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel and Azaziah, to lead with lyres tuned to the sheminith. 1Ch 15:22 Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was in charge of the singing; he gave instruction in singing because he was skillful. 1Ch 15:23 Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark. 1Ch 15:24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah also were gatekeepers for the ark. 1Ch 15:25 So it was David, with the elders of Israel and the captains over thousands, who went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-edom with joy. 1Ch 15:26 Because God was helping the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams. 1Ch 15:27 Now David was clothed with a robe of fine linen with all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers and Chenaniah the leader of the singing with the singers. David also wore an ephod of linen. 1Ch 15:28 Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the horn, with trumpets, with loud-sounding cymbals, with harps and lyres. 1Ch 15:29 It happened when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and celebrating; and she despised him in her heart. -------- 1Ch 16:1 And they brought in the ark of God and placed it inside the tent which David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God. 1Ch 16:2 When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord. 1Ch 16:3 He distributed to everyone of Israel, both man and woman, to everyone a loaf of bread and a portion of meat and a raisin cake. 1Ch 16:4 He appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the Lord, even to celebrate and to thank and praise the Lord God of Israel: 1Ch 16:5 Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom and Jeiel, with musical instruments, harps, lyres; also Asaph played loud-sounding cymbals, 1Ch 16:6 and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests blew trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. 1Ch 16:7 Then on that day David first assigned Asaph and his relatives to give thanks to the Lord. 1Ch 16:8 Oh give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples. 1Ch 16:9 Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; Speak of all His wonders. 1Ch 16:10 Glory in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the Lord be glad. 1Ch 16:11 Seek the Lord and His strength; Seek His face continually. 1Ch 16:12 Remember His wonderful deeds which He has done, His marvels and the judgments from His mouth, 1Ch 16:13 O seed of Israel His servant, Sons of Jacob, His chosen ones! 1Ch 16:14 He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth. 1Ch 16:15 Remember His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a thousand generations, 1Ch 16:16 The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac. 1Ch 16:17 He also confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant, 1Ch 16:18 Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, As the portion of your inheritance." 1Ch 16:19 When they were only a few in number, Very few, and strangers in it, 1Ch 16:20 And they wandered about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people, 1Ch 16:21 He permitted no man to oppress them, And He reproved kings for their sakes, saying, 1Ch 16:22 "Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm." 1Ch 16:23 Sing to the Lord, all the earth; Proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day. 1Ch 16:24 Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples. 1Ch 16:25 For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; He also is to be feared above all gods. 1Ch 16:26 For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the Lord made the heavens. 1Ch 16:27 Splendor and majesty are before Him, Strength and joy are in His place. 1Ch 16:28 Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the peoples, Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 1Ch 16:29 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come before Him; Worship the Lord in holy array. 1Ch 16:30 Tremble before Him, all the earth; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved. 1Ch 16:31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; And let them say among the nations, "The Lord reigns." 1Ch 16:32 Let the sea roar, and all it contains; Let the field exult, and all that is in it. 1Ch 16:33 Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the Lord; For He is coming to judge the earth. 1Ch 16:34 O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting. 1Ch 16:35 Then say, "Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks to Your holy name, And glory in Your praise." 1Ch 16:36 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. Then all the people said, "Amen," and praised the Lord. 1Ch 16:37 So he left Asaph and his relatives there before the ark of the covenant of the Lord to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required; 1Ch 16:38 and Obed-edom with his 68 relatives; Obed-edom, also the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah as gatekeepers. 1Ch 16:39 He left Zadok the priest and his relatives the priests before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place which was at Gibeon, 1Ch 16:40 to offer burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the law of the Lord, which He commanded Israel. 1Ch 16:41 With them were Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to give thanks to the Lord, because His lovingkindness is everlasting. 1Ch 16:42 And with them were Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those who should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun for the gate. 1Ch 16:43 Then all the people departed each to his house, and David returned to bless his household.
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