1 Chronicles 13:6–14

⁶David^f and all Israel went to Baalah^g (that is, Kiriath-jearim that belongs to Judah) to take from there the ark of God, which bears the name of the Lord who is enthroned between the cherubim.^{h 7}At Abinadab’s houseⁱ they set the ark of God on a new cart. Uzzah and Ahio^A were guiding the cart.

⁸David and all Israel were dancing with all their might before God with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.^{j 9}When they came to Chidon’s threshing floor,^k Uzzah reached out to hold the ark because the oxen had stumbled. ¹⁰Then the Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him dead because he had reached out to the ark.^l So he died there in the presence of God.^m

¹¹David was angry because of the Lord’s outburst against Uzzah, so he named that place Outburst Against Uzzah,^B as it is still named today. ¹²David feared God that day and said, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?” ¹³So David did not bring the ark of God home^C to the city of David; instead, he diverted it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.^{n 14}The ark of God remained with Obed-edom’s family in his house for three months, and the Lord blessed his family and all that he had.