2 Samuel 6:5–13

⁵David and all the Israelites were celebrating in the presence of the Lord. They were playing wooden instruments: lyres, harps, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.

⁶When David’s men came to the threshing floor of Nacon, the oxen stumbled. So Uzzah reached out to steady the Ark of God. ⁷The Lord was angry with Uzzah and killed him because of what he did. So Uzzah died there beside the Ark of God. ⁸David was angry because the Lord had killed Uzzah. Now that place is called the Punishment of Uzzah.

⁹David was afraid of the Lord that day, and he said, “How can the Ark of the Lord come to me now?” ¹⁰So David would not move the Ark of the Lord to be with him in Jerusalem. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom, a man from Gath. ¹¹The Ark of the Lord stayed in Obed-Edom’s house for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his family.

¹²The people told David, “The Lord has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, because the Ark of God is there.” So David went and brought it up from Obed-Edom’s house to Jerusalem with joy. ¹³When the men carrying the Ark of the Lord had walked six steps, David sacrificed a bull and a fat calf.