KJV:
Therefore David inquired 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.
NASB:
David inquired again of God, and God said to him, "You shall not go up after them; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the balsam trees.
KJV:
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.
NASB:
"It shall be when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall go out to battle, for God will have gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines."
KJV:
David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
NASB:
David did just as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even as far as Gezer.
KJV:
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.
NASB:
Now David built houses for himself in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
KJV:
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.
NASB:
Then David said, "No one is to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for the LORD chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever."
KJV:
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.
NASB:
and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' households of the Levites; consecrate yourselves both you and your relatives, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place that I have prepared for it.
KJV:
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.
NASB:
"Because you did not carry it at the first, the LORD our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance."
KJV:
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
NASB:
So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
KJV:
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.
NASB:
The sons of the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD.