⁵ eighty men who had shaved off their beards,^(A) torn their clothes^(B) and cut^(C) themselves came from Shechem,^(D) Shiloh^(E) and Samaria,^(F) bringing grain offerings and incense^(G) with them to the house of the Lord.^(H)

Ministering Before the Ark^(A)(B)(C)

16 They brought the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched^(D) for it, and they presented burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before God. ² After David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed^(E) the people in the name of the Lord. ³ Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins^(F) to each Israelite man and woman.

¹⁷ They brought the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it,^(A) and David sacrificed burnt offerings^(B) and fellowship offerings before the Lord. ¹⁸ After he had finished sacrificing^(C) the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed^(D) the people in the name of the Lord Almighty. ¹⁹ Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins^(E) to each person in the whole crowd of Israelites, both men and women.^(F) And all the people went to their homes.

¹³ When those who were carrying the ark of the Lord had taken six steps, he sacrificed^(A) a bull and a fattened calf.

¹⁴ There they are to present their offerings to the Lord: a year-old male lamb without defect^(A) for a burnt offering, a year-old ewe lamb without defect for a sin offering,^(B) a ram^(C) without defect for a fellowship offering,^(D)