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Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war.

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They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin.

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The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite.

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And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,

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Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite,

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Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites,

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And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor.

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And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains;

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Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

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Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,

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Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh,

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Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,

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Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh.

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These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand.

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These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.

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And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David.

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And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it.

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Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.

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And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads.

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As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh.

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And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the host.

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For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God.

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And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.

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The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war.

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Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred.

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Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.

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And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;

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And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul.

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And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous throughout the house of their fathers.

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And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king.

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And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

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And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred.

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And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand.

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All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king.

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And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

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And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:

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And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul.

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And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

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So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.

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And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubim, whose name is called on it.

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And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.

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And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.

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And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.

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And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day.

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And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?

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So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.

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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.

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And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.

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Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon,

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And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them.

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And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

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And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.

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So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim.

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And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.

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Therefore David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

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And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

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David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.

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And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.

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And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

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Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

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And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

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And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:

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Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:

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Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:

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Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren an hundred and thirty:

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Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:

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Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:

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Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.

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And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

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And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

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For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

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So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

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And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.

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And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

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So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

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And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.

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So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;

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And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.

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And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.

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And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

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And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

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So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy.

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And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.

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And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen.

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Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

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And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

1 Chronicles 16:1

So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.

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And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD.

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And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel:

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Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;

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Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.

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Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren.

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Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people.

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Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD.

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Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually.

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Remember his marvelous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth;

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He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth.

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Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;

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Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac;

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