1 David again gathered together all the
chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

2 David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale Judah,
to bring up from there God’s ark, which is
called by the Name, even the name of Yahweh of Armies who sits above the cherubim.

3 They set God’s ark on a new cart, and
brought it out of Abinadab’s house that
was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the
sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.

4 They brought it out of Abinadab’s
house which was inthehill, with God’s ark;
and Ahio went before the ark.

5 David and all the house of Israel
played before Yahweh with all kinds of
instruments made of cypress wood, with
harps, with stringed instruments, with
tambourines, with castanets, and with
cymbals.

6 When they came to the threshing floor
of Nacon, Uzzah reached for God’s ark and
took hold of it, for the cattle stumbled.

7 Yahweh’s anger burned against Uzzah,
and God struckhimthere forhis error; and
he died there by God’s ark.

8 David was displeased because Yahweh
had broken out against Uzzah; and he
called that place Perez Uzzah† to this day.

9 David was afraid of Yahweh that day;
and he said, “How could Yahweh’s ark
come to me?”

10 So David would not move Yahweh’s
ark to be with him in David’s city; but
David carried it aside into Obed-Edom the
Gittite’s house.

11 Yahweh’s ark remained in Obed-Edom
the Gittite’s house three months; and Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom and all his house.

12 King David was told, “Yahweh has
blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all
that belongs to him, because of God’s ark.”
So David went and brought up God’s ark
from the house of Obed-Edom into David’s
city with joy.