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2 Samuel · read by Richard Owen Roberts
33 verses, in order. Only the verses Richard read aloud are shown.
2 Samuel 6
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David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all.Read from NASB1995 · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name— the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.Read from NASB1995 · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart,Read from NASB1995 · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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bringing with it the ark of God. And Ahio was walking in front of the ark.Read from NASB1995 · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.Read from NASB1995 · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.Read from NASB1995 · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.Read from NASB1995 · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.Read from NASB1995 · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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That day David feared the LORD and asked, "How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?"Read from NASB1995 · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.Read from NASB1995 · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed him and all his household.Read from NKJV · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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Now it was reported to King David, "The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.Read from NASB1995 · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.Read from NASB1995 · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD,Read from NASB1995 · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram's horn.Read from NASB1995 · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.Read from NASB1995 · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.Read from NASB1995 · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.Read from ESV · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each for his own home.Read from NASB1995 · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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As soon as David returned home to bless his own household, Saul's daughter Michal came out to meet him. "How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!" she said. "He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do."Read from NASB1995 · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
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But David said to Michal, "I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD's people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD,Read from NASB1995 · Humble Yourselves
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and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken."Read from NASB1995 · Humble Yourselves
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And Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.Read from NASB1995 · Sin a Thief of God's Glory
2 Samuel 12
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Then the LORD sent Nathan to David, and when he arrived, he said, "There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.Read from NASB1995 · The Great Evil of All Sin - Part 2
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The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,Read from NASB1995 · The Great Evil of All Sin - Part 2
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but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.Read from NASB1995 · The Great Evil of All Sin - Part 2
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Now a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for his guest."Read from NASB1995 · The Great Evil of All Sin - Part 2
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David burned with anger against the man and said to Nathan: "As surely as the LORD lives, the man who did this deserves to die!Read from NASB1995 · The Great Evil of All Sin - Part 2
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Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over."Read from NASB1995 · The Great Evil of All Sin - Part 2
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I gave your master's house to you and your master's wives into your arms. I gave you the house of Israel and Judah, and if that was not enough, I would have given you even more.Read from NASB1995 · The Great Evil of All Sin - Part 2
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Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own, for you have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.Read from NASB1995 · Humble Yourselves
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You have acted in secret, but I will do this thing in broad daylight before all Israel.'"Read from NASB1995 · Humble Yourselves
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Nevertheless, because by this deed you have shown utter contempt for the word of the LORD, the son born to you will surely die."Read from NASB1995 · Humble Yourselves