2 Samuel 6:5–13

⁵David and all the Israelites were dancing and singing with all their might^j to honour the Lord. They were playing harps, lyres, drums, rattles, and cymbals.

⁶As they came to the threshing place of Nacon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out and took hold of the Covenant Box. ⁷At once the Lord God became angry with Uzzah and killed him because of his irreverence.^k Uzzah died there beside the Covenant Box, ⁸and so that place has been called Perez Uzzah^l ever since. David was furious because the Lord had punished Uzzah in anger.

⁹Then David was afraid of the Lord and said, “How can I take the Covenant Box with me now?” ¹⁰So he decided not to take it with him to Jerusalem; instead, he turned off the road and took it to the house of Obed Edom, a native of the city of Gath. ^11*It stayed there three months, and the Lord blessed Obed Edom and his family.

¹²King David heard that because of the Covenant Box the Lord had blessed Obed Edom’s family and all that he had; so he fetched the Covenant Box from Obed’s house to take it to Jerusalem with a great celebration. ¹³After the men carrying the Covenant Box had gone six steps, David made them stop while he offered the Lord a sacrifice of a bull and a fattened calf.