تابوت العهد في أورشليم
(1أخ 13:4-14)1 وعادَ داوُدُ وجمَعَ نُخبَةَ رجالِ إِسرائيلَ ثَلاثينَ ألفا 2 وسارَ بِهِم إلى بعلَةَ في يَهوذا ليأخُذوا مِنْ هُناكَ تابوتَ العَهدِ الّذي يحمِلُ اسمَ الرّبِّ القديرِ الجالِسِ على الكروبـيمِ. 3 فحَمَلوه على مركبةٍ جديدةٍ وجاؤوا بهِ مِنْ بَيتِ أبـينادابَ الّذي على الرَّابـيةِ. وكانَ عُزَّةُ وأخيو، ابنا أبـينادابَ يَسوقانِ المركبةَ الجديدةَ. 4 وكانَ أخيو يسيرُ أمامَ التَّابوتِ. 5 وكانَ داوُدُ وجميعُ بَني إِسرائيلَ يَرقُصونَ بكُلِّ قِواهُم ويُنشِدونَ على أنغامِ القيثاراتِ والرَّبابِ والدُّفوفِ والجنوكِ والصُّنوجِ. 6 فلمَّا وصَلوا إلى بـيدَرِ ناخونَ عثَرتِ الثِّيرانُ، فمَدَّ عُزَّةُ يدَهُ إلى تابوتِ العَهدِ وأمسكَهُ. 7 فاشتَدَّ غضَبُ الرّبِّ علَيهِ وضرَبَه لجَسارتِهِ، فماتَ هُناكَ عِندَ التَّابوتِ. 8 فاغتاظَ داوُدُ لأنَّ الرّبَّ ضربَ عُزَّةَ، ولذلِكَ دُعيَ ذلِكَ الموضِعُ فارَصَ عُزَّةَ إلى هذا اليومِ. 9 وخافَ داوُدُ مِنَ الرّبِّ في ذلِكَ اليومِ وقالَ: «كيفَ أتجَرَّأُ وأُنزِلُ تابوتَ العَهدِ عندي؟» 10 ولم يَشأْ داوُدُ أنْ يأخُذَهُ معَهُ إلى أورُشليمَ، فمالَ بهِ إلى بَيتِ عوبـيدَ أدومَ الجَتِّيّ. 11 حيثُ بَقيَ ثَلاثةَ أشهرٍ، فبارَكَ الرّبُّ عوبـيدَ أدومَ وكُلَّ أهلِ بَيتِهِ.
12 فقيلَ لداوُدَ: «باركَ الرّبُّ عوبـيدَ أدومَ وكُلَّ ما لَه بِسبَبِ تابوتِ العَهدِ». فذهبَ داوُدُ وأصعَدَ التَّابوتَ مِنْ هُناكَ إلى أورُشليمَ بِفرحٍ. 13 فكانَ كُلَّما خَطا حامِلوهُ سِتَّ خطواتٍ يَذبحونَ ثورا وكَبْشا مُسمَّنا. 14 وكانَ داوُدُ يرقُصُ بكُلِّ قوَّتِهِ أمامَ الرّبِّ، وهوَ مُتَّزِرٌ بأفودٍ مِنْ كَتَّانٍ. 15 وأصعَدَ داوُدُ وجميعُ بَيتِ إِسرائيلَ تابوتَ العَهدِ بالهُتافِ وصوتِ البوقِ.
16 ولمَّا دخَلَ التَّابوتُ أورُشليمَ نظَرت ميكالُ ابنَةُ شاوُلَ مِنَ الطَّاقةِ ورأتِ المَلِكَ داوُدَ يقفِزُ ويرقصُ أمامَ الرّبِّ، فاحتَقرَتهُ في قلبِها. حينَ رَأتهُ يرقصُ على هذِهِ الطَّريقةِ 17 وأدخَلوا التَّابوتَ وأقاموهُ في مكانِه وسَطَ الخَيمةِ الّتي نصَبَها لَه داوُدُ. وقدَّمَ داوُدُ مُحرقاتٍ أمامَ الرّبِّ وذبائِحَ سلامةٍ، 18 ثُمَّ بارَكَ الشَّعبَ باسمِ الرّبِّ القديرِ 19 ووزَّعَ على كُلِّ رجُلٍ وامرأةٍ مِنهُم رغيفَ خبزٍ وكَمشَةً مِنَ البَلحِ والزَّبـيبِ، ثُمَّ انصرَفَ كُلُّ واحدٍ إلى بَيتِه.
20 ورجَعَ داوُدُ إلى بَيتِهِ، فخَرَجت ميكالُ ابنَةُ شاوُلَ لِلقائِهِ وقالَت في سُخريةٍ: «كم كانَ مَلِكُ إِسرائيلَ وَقورا اليومَ، حينَ تَعرَّى أمامَ جواري رِجالِه كما يتَعرَّى السُّفهاءُ». 21 فقالَ لها داوُدُ: «كانَ ذلِكَ كُلُّهُ لأجلِ الرّبِّ الّذي فضَّلَني على أبـيكِ، وعلى جميعِ بَيتِهِ، ليُقيمَني رئيسا على شعبِهِ بَني إِسرائيلَ وسأرقصُ، أكثرَ مِنْ ذلِكَ لأجلِ الرّبِّ، 22 وأُحِطُّ مِنْ قيمتي أكثرَ مِنْ ذلِكَ. رُبَّما أبدو وضيعا في عينَيكِ، أمَّا في عُيونِ تِلكَ الجواري الّتي ذكَرتِهِنَّ، فأنا أزدادُ شَرَفا». 23 ولم تَلِدْ ميكالُ ابنَةُ شاوُلَ ولدا إلى يومِ وفاتِها.
The Covenant Box Is Brought to Jerusalem
(1 Chronicles 13.1-141 15.25—16.6,43)1 Once more David called together the best soldiers in Israel, a total of thirty thousand men, 2 and led them to Baalah in Judah, in order to bring from there God's Covenant Box, bearing the name of the Lord Almighty, whose throne is above the winged creatures. 3 They took it from Abinadab's home on the hill and placed it on a new cart. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the cart, 4 with Ahio walking in front. 5 David and all the Israelites were dancing and singing with all their might to honor the Lord. They were playing harps, lyres, drums, rattles, and cymbals.
6 As they came to the threshing place of Nacon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out and took hold of the Covenant Box. 7 At once the Lord God became angry with Uzzah and killed him because of his irreverence. Uzzah died there beside the Covenant Box, 8 and so that place has been called Perez Uzzah ever since. David was furious because the Lord had punished Uzzah in anger.
9 Then David was afraid of the Lord and said, “How can I take the Covenant Box with me now?” 10 So he decided not to take it with him to Jerusalem; instead, he turned off the road and took it to the house of Obed Edom, a native of the city of Gath. 11 It stayed there three months, and the Lord blessed Obed Edom and his family.
12 King David heard that because of the Covenant Box the Lord had blessed Obed Edom's family and all that he had; so he got the Covenant Box from Obed's house to take it to Jerusalem with a great celebration. 13 After the men carrying the Covenant Box had gone six steps, David had them stop while he offered the Lord a sacrifice of a bull and a fattened calf. 14 David, wearing only a linen cloth around his waist, danced with all his might to honor the Lord. 15 And so he and all the Israelites took the Covenant Box up to Jerusalem with shouts of joy and the sound of trumpets.
16 As the Box was being brought into the city, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked out of the window and saw King David dancing and jumping around in the sacred dance, and she was disgusted with him. 17 They brought the Box and put it in its place in the Tent that David had set up for it. Then he offered sacrifices and fellowship offerings to the Lord. 18 When he had finished offering the sacrifices, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord Almighty 19 and distributed food to them all. He gave each man and woman in Israel a loaf of bread, a piece of roasted meat, and some raisins. Then everyone went home.
20 Afterward, when David went home to greet his family, Michal came out to meet him. “The king of Israel made a big name for himself today!” she said. “He exposed himself like a fool in the sight of the servant women of his officials!”
21 David answered, “I was dancing to honor the Lord, who chose me instead of your father and his family to make me the leader of his people Israel. And I will go on dancing to honor the Lord, 22 and will disgrace myself even more. You may think I am nothing, but those women will think highly of me!”
23 Michal, Saul's daughter, never had any children.
