1 Chronicles 13

13^*And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. ²And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the Lord our God, ^†let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are ^aleft in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are ^†in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us: ³And let us ^†bring again the ark of our God to us: for ^bwe inquired not at it in the days of Saul. ⁴And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. ⁵So ^cDavid gathered all Israel together, from ^dShihor of Egypt even ^eunto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from ^fKirjath-jearim. ^6gAnd David went up, and all Israel, to ^hBaalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lord, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called ⁱon it. ⁷And they ^†carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. ⁸And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with ^†singing, and with ^kharps, and with ^kpsalteries, and with timbrels, and with ^kcymbals, and with trumpets. ⁹And when they came unto the threshingfloor of ^||Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen ^||stumbled. ¹⁰And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he ^ldied before God. ¹¹And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called ^||Perez-uzza to this day. ¹²And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? ¹³So David ^†brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. ¹⁴And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the Lord ^mblessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.