2 Samuel 6:2–11

²And ^aDavid arose and went with all the people who were with him from ¹Baale Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, whose name is called ²by the Name, the Lord of Hosts, ^bwho dwells between the cherubim. ³So they set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on ^cthe hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new ³cart. ⁴And they brought it out of ^dthe house of Abinadab, which was on the hill, accompanying the ark of God; and Ahio went before the ark. ⁵Then David and all the house of Israel ^eplayed music before the Lord on all kinds of instruments of fir wood, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on sistrums, and on cymbals.

⁶And when they came to ^fNachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah put out his ^ghand to the ark of God and ⁴took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. ⁷Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his ⁵error; and he died there by the ark of God. ⁸And David became angry because of the Lord’s outbreak against Uzzah; and he called the name of the place ⁶Perez Uzzah to this day.

^9hDavid was afraid of the Lord that day; and he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come to me?” ¹⁰So David would not move the ark of the Lord with him into the ⁱCity of David; but David took it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the ^jGittite. ^11kThe ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three months. And the Lord ^lblessed Obed-Edom and all his household.