And it was told to king David, that the Lord had blessed Obededom, and all his things, for the ark of God. And David said, I shall go, and bring the ark with blessing into mine house. Therefore David went, and brought the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with joy.
Then all the greater men in birth in Israel, with [the] princes of the lineages, and the dukes of [the] meines of the sons of Israel, were gathered to king Solomon, into Jerusalem, that they should bear the ark of [the] bond of peace of the Lord from the city of David, that is, from Zion.
and he said, Each man that slayeth the first Jebusite, shall be prince and duke. Therefore Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first, and was made prince.
After which things he gathered together all the greater men in birth of Israel, and all the princes of lineages of tribes, and the heads of meines, of the sons of Israel, into Jerusalem, that they should bring the ark of [the] bond of peace of the Lord from the city of David, which is Zion.
as it is written, Lo! I put a stone of offence in Zion, and a stone of stumbling; and each that shall believe in it, shall not be confounded, [or shamed].
But ye have come nigh to the hill [of] Zion, and to the city of God living [or of living God], the heavenly Jerusalem, and to the multitude of many thousand angels,
And I saw, and lo! a lamb stood on the mount of Zion [or on the mount Zion], and with him an hundred thousand and four and forty thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father written in their foreheads.
The daughter’s husband would not assent to his words; but he went forth anon, and came against Jebus, which by another name is called Jerusalem; and he led with him two asses charged, and his [secondary] wife.
And David spake to the men that stood with him, and said, What shall be given to the man that slayeth this Philistine, and doeth away shame from Israel? for who is this Philistine uncircumcised, that despiseth the battle arrays of God living?
For I thy servant killed both the lion and the bear; therefore and this Philistine uncircumcised shall be as one of them. Now I shall go, and I shall do away the shame or the reproof of the people; for who is this Philistine uncircumcised, that was hardy to curse the host of God living?