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5.13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron; and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. And these are the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon; and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia; and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.

And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. And David inquired of the, saying: 'Shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt Thou deliver them into my hand?' And the said unto David: 'Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into thy hand.' And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said: 'The  hath broken mine enemies before me, like the breach of waters.' Therefore the name of that place was called Baal-perazim. And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.

And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. And when David inquired of the, He said: 'Thou shalt not go up; make a circuit behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees. And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then is the gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.' And David did so, as the  commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gezer.

And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him, from Baale-judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whereupon is called the Name, even the name of the of hosts that sitteth upon the cherubim. And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart. And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was in the hill, with the ark of God, and Ahio went before the ark. And David and all the house of Israel played before the with all manner of instruments made of cypress-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with sistra, and with cymbals.

And when they came to the threshing-floor of Nacon, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen stumbled. And the anger of the was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. And David was displeased, because the had broken forth upon Uzzah; and that place was called Perez-uzzah, unto this day And David was afraid of the  that day; and he said: 'How shall the ark of the  come unto me?' So David would not remove the ark of the  unto him into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. And the ark of the remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months;