1 Chronicles 13:5–14

^5*So David assembled the people of Israel from all over the country, from the Egyptian border in the south to Hamath Pass in the north, in order to bring the Covenant Box from Kiriath Jearim to Jerusalem. ^6*David and the people went to the city of Baalah, that is, to Kiriath Jearim, in the territory of Judah, to fetch the Covenant Box of God, which bears the name of the Lord enthroned above the winged creatures. ⁷At Abinadab’s house they brought out the Covenant Box and put it on a new cart. Uzzah and Ahio guided the cart, ⁸while David and all the people danced with all their might to honour God. They sang and played musical instruments—harps, drums, cymbals, and trumpets.

⁹As they came to the threshing place of Chidon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah stretched out his hand and took hold of the Covenant Box. ¹⁰At once the Lord became angry with Uzzah and killed him for touching the box. He died there in God’s presence, ¹¹and so that place has been called Perez Uzzahⁿ ever since. David was furious because the Lord had punished Uzzah in anger.

¹²Then David was afraid of God and said, “How can I take the Covenant Box with me now?” ¹³So David did not take it with him to Jerusalem. Instead, he left it at the house of a man named Obed Edom, a native of the city of Gath. ^14*It stayed there three months, and the Lord blessed Obed Edom’s family and everything that belonged to him.