| 2 Samuel
6:1-11 (ESV) 1 David again gathered
all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 And David arose and went
with all the people who were with him from Baale-judah to bring up from there
the ark of God, which is called by the name of the LORD of hosts who sits
enthroned on the cherubim. 3 And they carried the ark of God on a new cart
and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. And Uzzah
and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart, 4 with the ark of
God, and Ahio went before the ark. 5 And David and all the house of Israel
were celebrating before the LORD, with songs and lyres and harps and
tambourines and castanets and cymbals. 6 And when they came to the threshing floor
of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for
the oxen stumbled. 7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and
God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the
ark of God. 8 And David was angry because the LORD had broken out against
Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzzah to this day. 9 And David was
afraid of the LORD that day, and he said, “How can the ark of the LORD come
to me?” 10 So David was not willing to take the ark of the LORD into the city
of David. But David took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 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. |
