<p class="poetry">Majestic splendor emanates from him,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">he is the source of strength and joy.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">David constructed buildings in the City of David; he then prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

So David bought the place from Ornan for 600 pieces of gold.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">David was angry because the <sc>Lordsc> attacked Uzzah;<n id="1" /> so he called that place Perez Uzzah,<n id="2" /> which remains its name to this very day.

David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem<n id="1" /> to bring the ark of the <sc>Lordsc> up to the place he had prepared for it.

I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle<n id="1" /> them there; they will live there and not be disturbed<n id="2" /> anymore. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning<n id="3" />

So they marched against Baal Perazim and David defeated them there. David said, &#8220;Using me as his instrument,<n id="1" /> God has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out.&#8221; So that place is called Baal Perazim.<n id="2" />

David said to Ornan, &#8220;Sell me the threshing floor<n id="1" /> so I can build<n id="2" /> on it an altar for the <sc>Lordsc> &#8211; I&#8217;ll pay top price<n id="3" /> &#8211; so that the plague may be removed<n id="4" /> from the people.&#8221;