⁶David and all Israel went to Baalah in Kiriath Jearim, which is in Judah, to bring God’s ark ⸤to Jerusalem⸥. (The Lord is enthroned over the angels^b⸤on the ark⸥ where his name is used.) ⁷David and his men put God’s ark on a new cart from Abinadab’s home. Uzzah and Ahio guided the cart. ⁸David and all Israel were celebrating in God’s presence with all their might, with songs, with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

⁹But when they came to Chidon’s threshing floor,^cthe oxen stumbled. So Uzzah reached out to grab the ark. ¹⁰The Lord became angry with Uzzah and killed him for reaching for the ark. He died in God’s presence.

¹¹David was angry because the Lord had struck Uzzah so violently. (That place is still called Perez Uzzah ^[The Striking of Uzzah^[ today.) ¹²David was afraid of God that day. “How can I bring God’s ark to my ⸤city⸥?” he asked. ¹³So he didn’t bring God’s ark to his ⸤home⸥, the City of David. Instead, he rerouted it to the home of Obed Edom, who was from Gath. ¹⁴God’s ark stayed at the home of Obed Edom with his family for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed Edom’s family and everything he owned.

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Footnotes

b 13:6 Or “cherubim.”
c 13:9 A threshing floor is an outdoor area where grain is separated from its husks.
[Proper names or foreign words whose meaning is significant for understanding a particular Bible passage are translated in brackets following the name or phrase