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They spent three days there with David, feasting on the food and drink which their relatives had prepared for them.

At once the Lord became angry with Uzzah and killed him for touching the Box. He died there in God's presence,

And so David realized that the Lord had established him as king of Israel and was making his kingdom prosperous for the sake of his people.

When the Philistines fled, they left their idols behind, and David gave orders for them to be burned.

For his own use, David built houses in David's City. He also prepared a place for God's Covenant Box and put up a tent for it.

So David summoned all the people of Israel to Jerusalem in order to bring the Covenant Box to the place he had prepared for it.

Next he sent for the descendants of Aaron and for the Levites.

He said to the Levites, "You are the leaders of the Levite clans. Purify yourselves and your fellow Levites, so that you can bring the Covenant Box of the Lord God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.

Because you were not there to carry it the first time, the Lord our God punished us for not worshiping him as we should have done."

Berechiah and Elkanah, along with Obed Edom and Jehiah, were chosen as guards for the Covenant Box. The priests Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer were chosen to blow trumpets in front of the Covenant Box.

As the Box was being brought into the city, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked out of the window and saw King David dancing and leaping for joy, and she was disgusted with him.

They took the Covenant Box to the tent which David had prepared for it and put it inside. Then they offered sacrifices and fellowship offerings to God.

It was then that David first gave Asaph and the other Levites the responsibility for singing praises to the Lord .

Go to the Lord for help, and worship him continually.

The Lord is our God; his commands are for all the world.

The trees in the woods will shout for joy when the Lord comes to rule the earth.

There with them were Heman and Jeduthun and the others who were specifically chosen to sing praises to the Lord for his eternal love.

King David was now living in his palace. One day he sent for the prophet Nathan and said to him, "Here I am living in a house built of cedar, but the Lord 's Covenant Box is kept in a tent!"

"Go and tell my servant David that I say to him, ‘You are not the one to build a temple for me to live in.

I have chosen a place for my people Israel and have settled them there, where they will live without being oppressed any more. Ever since they entered this land they have been attacked by violent people, but this will not happen again. I promise to defeat all your enemies and to give you descendants.