⁶When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out and took hold ofⁱ the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. ⁷The Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act;^j therefore God struck him down,^k and he died there beside the ark of God.

⁸Then David was angry because the Lord’s wrath^l had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.^e^m

⁹David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, “Howⁿ can the ark of the Lord ever come to me?” ¹⁰He was not willing to take the ark of the Lord to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom^o the Gittite. ¹¹The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months, and the Lord blessed him and his entire household.^p

¹²Now King David^q was told, “The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and everything he has, because of the ark of God.” So David went to bring up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with rejoicing. ¹³When those who were carrying the ark of the Lord had taken six steps, he sacrificed^r a bull and a fattened calf.

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2 Samuel 6:11: And the ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and all his household.

Footnotes

dMasoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 13:8) songs
ePerez Uzzah means outbreak against Uzzah.

Cross references

gSee Ex 15:20
h Ezr 3:10; Ne 12:27; Ps 150:5
iSee Nu 4:15, 19–20
j 1 Ch 15:13–15
kSee Ex 19:22; See 1 Sa 5:6; 6:19; See 25:38
l Ps 7:11
mSee Ge 38:29
nSee 1 Sa 6:20
o 1 Ch 15:18; 26:4–5
pSee Ge 30:27; 39:5
q 1 Ki 8:1
r 1 Ki 8:5, 62; Ezr 6:17