2 Samuel 6:5–13

⁵Now David and all the house of Israel were dancing before Yahweh, with all kinds of musical instruments made from ash trees, and with zithers, harps, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals. ⁶When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzza reached out to the ark of God and took hold of it, because the oxen had stumbled. ⁷Then the anger of Yahweh was kindled^b against Uzza, and God struck him down there because of the indiscretion,^c and he died there beside the ark of God. ⁸David was angry^d because Yahweh had burst out against Uzza, and he called that place Perez-Uzza until this day. ⁹But David feared Yahweh on that day and said, “How can the ark of Yahweh come to me?” ¹⁰However, David was not willing to bring the ark of Yahweh to himself, to the city of David, so David caused it to turn to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. ¹¹So the ark of Yahweh remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months, and Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom and all his household.

¹²It was told to King David, “Yahweh has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and all that is his because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the city of David with jubilation. ¹³It happened that when the carriers of the ark of Yahweh had marched six steps that he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.