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

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.

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

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

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 consulted with all his officials, including the generals and captains of his army.Then he addressed the entire assembly of Israel as follows:“ If you approve and if it is the will of the Lord our God, let us send messages to all the Israelites throughout the land, including the priests and Levites in their towns and pasturelands. Let us invite them to come and join us.It is time to bring back the Ark of our God, for we neglected it during the reign of Saul.”The whole assembly agreed to this, for the people could see it was the right thing to do.

Solomon then summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes— the leaders of the ancestral families of the Israelites. They were to bring the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant to the Temple from its location in the City of David, also known as Zion.

Then David and all Israel went to Baalah of Judah( also called Kiriath jearim) to bring back the Ark of God, which bears the name of the Lord who is enthroned between the cherubim.They placed the Ark of God on a new cart and brought it from Abinadab’s house. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart.David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, singing songs and playing all kinds of musical instruments— lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.But when they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the Ark.Then the Lord’s anger was aroused against Uzzah, and he struck him dead because he had laid his hand on the Ark. So Uzzah died there in the presence of God.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.David was now afraid of God, and he asked,“ How can I ever bring the Ark of God back into my care?”So David did not move the Ark into the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed edom of Gath.The Ark of God remained there in Obed edom’s house for three months, and the Lord blessed the household of Obed edom and everything he owned.

Lord, remember David and all that he suffered.He made a solemn promise to the Lord. He vowed to the Mighty One of Israel,“ I will not go home; I will not let myself rest.I will not let my eyes sleep nor close my eyelids in slumberuntil I find a place to build a house for the Lord, a sanctuary for the Mighty One of Israel.”We heard that the Ark was in Ephrathah; then we found it in the distant countryside of Jaar.

Then all the tribes of Israel went to David at Hebron and told him,“ We are your own flesh and blood.