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2 Samuel 6:1 (NLT)

Then David again gathered all the elite troops in Israel, 30,000 in all.

2 Samuel 6:3 (NLT)

They placed the Ark of God on a new cart and brought it from Abinadab’s house, which was on a hill. Uzzah and Ahio, Abinadab’s sons, were guiding the cart

2 Samuel 6:4 (NLT)

that carried the Ark of God. Ahio walked in front of the Ark.

2 Samuel 6:5 (NLT)

David and all the people of Israel were celebrating before the Lord , singing songs and playing all kinds of musical instruments—lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.

2 Samuel 6:6 (NLT)

But when they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand and steadied the Ark of God.

2 Samuel 6:7 (NLT)

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.

2 Samuel 6:8 (NLT)

David was angry because the Lord ’s anger had burst out against Uzzah. He named that place Perez-uzzah (which means “to burst out against Uzzah”), as it is still called today.

2 Samuel 6:9 (NLT)

David was now afraid of the Lord , and he asked, “How can I ever bring the Ark of the Lord back into my care?”

2 Samuel 6:10 (NLT)

So David decided not to move the Ark of the Lord into the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.

But as the Ark of the Lord entered the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord , she was filled with contempt for him.

2 Samuel 6:17 (NLT)

They brought the Ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the special tent David had prepared for it. And David sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings to the Lord .

2 Samuel 6:18 (NLT)

When he had finished his sacrifices, David blessed the people in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

2 Samuel 6:19 (NLT)

Then he gave to every Israelite man and woman in the crowd a loaf of bread, a cake of dates, and a cake of raisins. Then all the people returned to their homes.

2 Chronicles 6:1 (NLT)

Then Solomon prayed, “O Lord , you have said that you would live in a thick cloud of darkness.

2 Chronicles 6:3 (NLT)

Then the king turned around to the entire community of Israel standing before him and gave this blessing:

2 Chronicles 6:4 (NLT)

“Praise the Lord , the God of Israel, who has kept the promise he made to my father, David. For he told my father,

2 Chronicles 6:5 (NLT)

‘From the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have never chosen a city among any of the tribes of Israel as the place where a Temple should be built to honor my name. Nor have I chosen a king to lead my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:6 (NLT)

But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place for my name to be honored, and I have chosen David to be king over my people Israel.’”

2 Chronicles 6:7 (NLT)

Then Solomon said, “My father, David, wanted to build this Temple to honor the name of the Lord , the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:8 (NLT)

But the Lord told him, ‘You wanted to build the Temple to honor my name. Your intention is good,

2 Chronicles 6:9 (NLT)

but you are not the one to do it. One of your own sons will build the Temple to honor me.’

2 Chronicles 6:10 (NLT)

“And now the Lord has fulfilled the promise he made, for I have become king in my father’s place, and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised. I have built this Temple to honor the name of the Lord , the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:11 (NLT)

There I have placed the Ark, which contains the covenant that the Lord made with the people of Israel.”

2 Chronicles 6:12 (NLT)

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire community of Israel, and he lifted his hands in prayer.

2 Chronicles 6:13 (NLT)

Now Solomon had made a bronze platform 7-1/2 feet long, 7-1/2 feet wide, and 4-1/2 feet high and had placed it at the center of the Temple’s outer courtyard. He stood on the platform, and then he knelt in front of the entire community of Israel and lifted his hands toward heaven.