⁶David and all Israel went to Baalah^y of Judah (Kiriath Jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, who is enthroned between the cherubim^z—the ark that is called by the Name.

⁷They moved the ark of God from Abinadab’s^a house on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding it. ⁸David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might before God, with songs and with harps, lyres, timbrels, cymbals and trumpets.^b

⁹When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the ark, because the oxen stumbled. ¹⁰The Lord’s anger^c burned against Uzzah, and he struck him down^d because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.

¹¹Then David was angry because the Lord’s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.^c^e

¹²David was afraid of God that day and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?” ¹³He did not take the ark to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom^f the Gittite. ¹⁴The ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house for three months, and the Lord blessed his household^g and everything he had.

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Footnotes

cPerez Uzzah means outbreak against Uzzah.

Cross references

ySee Jos 15:9
zSee Ex 25:22; 2 Ki 19:15
aSee 1 Sa 7:1
b 1 Ch 15:16, 19, 24; 2 Ch 5:12; Ps 92:3
c 1 Ch 15:13, 15
dSee Lev 10:2
e 1 Ch 15:13; Ps 7:11
f 1 Ch 15:18, 24; 16:38; 26:4–5, 15
gSee 2 Sa 6:11