2 Samuel 6:2–11

²He and all his men went to Baalah^az in Judah to bring up from there the ark^a of God, which is called by the Name,^bb the name of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned^c between the cherubim^d on the ark. ³They set the ark of God on a new cart^e and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill.^f Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart ⁴with the ark of God on it,^c and Ahio was walking in front of it. ⁵David and all Israel were celebrating^g with all their might before the Lord, with castanets,^d harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums and cymbals.^h

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.^em

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