Again David brought together the best soldiers in Israel. The total number was 30,000.

大卫又聚集以色列中所有挑选的人三万。

大卫又聚集以色列中所有挑选的人，共三万名。

大卫又聚集以色列中所有挑选的人，共三万名。

大卫召集了三万名以色列精兵，

大卫又聚集以色列中所有拣选出来的三万人。

大衛又聚集以色列中所有挑選的人三萬。

大衛又聚集以色列中所有挑選的人，共三萬名。

大衛又聚集以色列中所有挑選的人，共三萬名。

大衛召集了三萬名以色列精兵，

大衛又聚集以色列中所有揀選出來的三萬人。

大衛又聚集了以色列中所有的精兵三萬人。

大衛再次招聚以色列中所有的精兵，共三萬人。

大衛又集以色列中所簡三萬人、

大闢又簡於以色列族、得軍三萬。

大衛又集軍士三萬、在以色列中一切所擇者、

David again brought together all the able young men of Israel— thirty thousand.

David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

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

David again assembled all the fit young men in Israel: thirty thousand.

Now David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

Again David gathered all the choice men of Israel, thirty thousand.

And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

David again assembled all the choice men in Israel, 30,000.

Again, David gathered together all[ the] chosen[ men] of Israel, thirty thousand.

David again assembled all the best men in Israel, thirty thousand in number.

David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

David talked with each of his officers. He wanted to get their advice. Some of them were commanders of thousands of men. Others were commanders of hundreds.David spoke to the whole community of Israel. He said,“ Let’s send word to the rest of our people no matter how far away they live. They live in all the territories of Israel. Let’s also send word to the priests and Levites who are with them in their towns and on their grasslands. Let’s invite everyone to come and join us. Let’s do it if it seems good to you and if that’s what the Lord our God wants.Let’s bring the ark of our God back here to us. We didn’t use it to ask God for advice during the whole time Saul was king.”So that’s what the whole community agreed to do. It seemed right to them.

Then King Solomon sent for the elders of Israel. He told them to come to him in Jerusalem. They included all the leaders of the tribes. They also included the chiefs of the families of Israel. Solomon wanted them to bring up the ark of the Lord’ s covenant from Zion. Zion was the City of David.

David went to Baalah of Judah. The whole community of Israel went with him. Baalah is also called Kiriath Jearim. All the people went there to get the ark of God the Lord. He sits on his throne between the cherubim. The ark is named after the Lord.The ark of God was placed on a new cart. Then it was moved from Abinadab’s house. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding it.David was celebrating with all his might in front of God. So was the whole community of Israel. All of them were singing songs. They were also playing harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets.They came to the threshing floor of Kidon. The oxen nearly fell there. So Uzzah reached out his hand to hold the ark steady.Then the Lord became very angry with Uzzah. The Lord struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So Uzzah died there in front of God.David was angry because the Lord’ s great anger had broken out against Uzzah. That’s why the place is still called Perez Uzzah to this day.David was afraid of God that day. David asked,“ How can I ever bring the ark of God back here to me?”So he didn’t take the ark to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed- Edom. Obed- Edom was from Gath.The ark of God remained with the family of Obed- Edom. It stayed in his house for three months. And the Lord blessed his family. He also blessed everything that belonged to him.

Lord, remember David and all the times he didn’t do what he wanted.Lord, he made a promise. Mighty One of Jacob, he made a promise to you.He said,“ I won’t enter my house or go to bed.I won’t let my eyes sleep. I won’t close my eyelidsuntil I find a place for the Lord. I want to build a house for the Mighty One of Jacob.”Here are the words we heard in Ephrathah. We heard them again in the fields of Kiriath Jearim.

All the tribes of Israel came to see David at Hebron. They said,“ We are your own flesh and blood.