1 Cronica 13
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13 Nakipag-usap si David sa kanyang mga opisyal at sa mga kumander ng libu-libo at daan-daang sundalo. 2 Pagkatapos, sinabi niya sa lahat ng Israelitang naroon, “Kung gusto ninyo at kung kalooban ng Panginoon na ating Dios, magpapadala tayo ng mensahe sa lahat ng kababayan natin sa buong Israel, pati na sa mga pari at mga Levita na kasama nila sa mga bayan at pastulan. Papuntahin natin sila rito para makiisa sa atin. 3 Ito na ang panahon para kunin natin ang Kahon ng ating Dios, dahil hindi natin ito pinahalagahan nang si Saul pa ang hari.” 4 Pumayag ang buong kapulungan dahil nakita nilang iyon ang tamang gawin.
5 Kaya tinipon ni David ang lahat ng mga Israelita, mula sa Ilog ng Shihor sa Egipto hanggang sa Lebo Hamat,[a] para kunin ang Kahon ng Dios[b] sa Kiriat Jearim. 6 Pumunta si David at lahat ng kasama niyang mga Israelita sa Baala na nasa Juda (na siya ring Kiriat Jearim) para kunin ang Kahon ng Panginoong Dios, kung saan siya nananahan.[c] Nananahan ang Panginoon sa gitna ng mga kerubin na nasa ibabaw ng Kahon. 7 Kinuha nila ang Kahon ng Dios sa bahay ni Abinadab at ikinarga sa bagong kariton. Sina Uza at Ahio ang umaalalay sa kariton. 8 Buong lakas na nagdiwang si David at lahat ng mga Israelita sa presensya ng Dios. Umawit sila at tumugtog ng mga alpa, lira, tamburin, pompyang at trumpeta.
9 Nang dumating sila sa giikan ni Kidon,[d] hinawakan ni Uza ang Kahon, dahil nadulas ang mga baka. 10 Nagalit nang matindi ang Panginoon kay Uza dahil hinawakan niya ang Kahon. Kaya namatay siya roon sa presensya ng Dios. 11 Nagalit si David dahil biglang pinarusahan ng Panginoon si Uza. Ito ang dahilan kaya hanggang ngayon ang lugar na iyon ay tinatawag na Perez Uza.[e] 12 Nang araw na iyon, natakot si David sa Dios at sinabi niya, “Paano madadala sa lungsod ko ang Kahon ng Dios?” 13 Kaya nagpasya siyang huwag na lang dalhin ang Kahon sa kanyang lungsod.[f] Sa halip, iniwan niya ito sa bahay ni Obed Edom na taga-Gat. 14 Nanatili ito sa bahay ni Obed Edom sa loob ng tatlong buwan, at pinagpala ng Panginoon ang pamilya ni Obed Edom at ang lahat ng ari-arian niya.
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1 Chronicles 13
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David starts to bring the Covenant Box to Jerusalem
13 David spoke with the officers of his army. Some of them were the leaders of 1,000 men. Other officers were the leaders of 100 men. 2 Then David said to all the Israelites who were present, ‘I think that we should send a message to our relatives in all the regions of Israel. That should include the priests and the Levites in the towns where they live. We should ask all those people to meet with us here. We will do it if you agree that it is a good idea, and if the Lord our God wants us to do it. 3 We should bring back the Covenant Box of our God. While Saul was king, we did not use it to ask God about things.’
4 All the people there agreed that this was a good idea. They realized that it was the right thing to do.
5 So David brought together all the Israelites. They came from everywhere in Israel, from the Shihor River in Egypt, and as far as Lebo-Hamath. They came to bring God's Covenant Box back from Kiriath-Jearim.[a] 6 David and all the Israelites went to Baalah, a town in Judah. (Baalah is also called Kiriath-Jearim.) They went to bring the Covenant Box of God from there to Jerusalem. The Israelites called it by the name of the Lord. He sits as King between the two cherubs that are on the top of the Covenant Box.
7 The people put God's Covenant Box on a new cart. They took it out of Abinadab's house. Uzzah and Ahio were leading the cart. 8 David and all the Israelites were singing and dancing with all their strength to praise God. They made music with harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets.
9 They reached the place of Kidon's threshing floor. There the oxen that were pulling the cart almost fell. So Uzzah reached out to hold the Covenant Box to stop it falling. 10 The Lord was very angry with Uzzah because he had touched the Covenant Box. He knocked Uzzah down to the ground. Uzzah died there, beside God's Covenant Box.[b]
11 David was angry because the Lord had punished Uzzah. So he called that place ‘Perez Uzzah’. That is still its name today.[c]
12 So David now became afraid of God. He said, ‘God's Covenant Box is too holy to take with me.’ 13 So he did not take the Covenant Box to the City of David to be with him there. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom, who came from Gath. 14 God's Covenant Box stayed in the home of Obed-Edom's family for three months. During that time, the Lord blessed Obed-Edom's family and everything that he had.
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- 13:5 Shihor river was on the border of Egypt in the south of Israel. Lebo-Hamath was in the north of Israel. Kiriath-Jearim was about 8 miles west of Jerusalem. It was on the border between the tribes of Benjamin and Judah.
- 13:10 Uzzah did not obey God's rules about the Covenant Box. He showed that he did not understand that God is holy. See Exodus 25:12-14; Numbers 4:5-6,15.
- 13:11 ‘Perez Uzzah’ means ‘punishment of Uzzah’.
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