2 Samuel 6:5–13

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.

¹²Now it was told King David, saying, “The Lord has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” ^mSo David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with gladness. ¹³And so it was, when ⁿthose bearing the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, that he sacrificed ^ooxen and fatted sheep.