So David assembled all Israel from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.

When they arrived at the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to take hold of the ark, because the oxen stumbled.

David was afraid of God that day and said, “How will I ever be able to bring the ark of God up here?”

When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, then attack. For at that moment the Lord is going before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.”

David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring the ark of the Lord up to the place he had prepared for it.

When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom.

O Lord, for the sake of your servant and according to your will, you have done this great thing in order to reveal your greatness.

Later David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. He took Gath and its surrounding towns away from the Philistines.

So Hanun seized David’s servants and shaved their beards off. He cut off the lower part of their robes so that their buttocks were exposed and then sent them away.

There was another battle with the Philistines in which Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear had a shaft as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom.

Canaan was the father of Sidon – his firstborn – and Heth,

Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

The Philistines left their idols there, so David ordered that they be burned.

David gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

Tell the nations about his splendor, tell all the nations about his miraculous deeds!

David assembled all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites.

Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

In the past, even when Saul was king, you were Israel’s commanding general. The Lord your God said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over my people Israel.’”

Cush was the father of Nimrod, who established himself as a mighty warrior on earth.