14:9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
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14:10 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
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14:11 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim.
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14:12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
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14:13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.
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14:14 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
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14:15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.
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14:16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
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14:17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
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Chapter 15
15:1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
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15:2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
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15:3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
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15:4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
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15:5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:
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15:6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
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15:7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren an hundred and thirty:
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15:8 Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
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15:9 Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
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15:10 Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
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15:11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
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15:12 And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
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15:13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
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15:14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
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15:15 And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
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