2 Samuel 6:5–13

⁵And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, ^eeven on harps, and on psalteries, and ^fon timbrels, and on cornets, and ^gon cymbals. ⁶And when they came to ^†Nachon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah ^hput forth ⁱhis hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen ^||shook it. ⁷And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and ^jGod smote him there for his ^||error; and there he died by the ark of God. ⁸And David was displeased, because the Lord had ^†made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place ^||Perez-uzzah to this day. ⁹And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and said, ^kHow shall the ark of the Lord come to me? ¹⁰So David would not remove the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom ^lthe Gittite. ¹¹And the ark of the Lord continued in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and ^mthe Lord blessed Obed-edom, and all his household.

^12*And it was told king David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. ⁿSo David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness. ¹³And it was so, that when ^othey that bare the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed ^poxen and fatlings.