CHAPTER 13
And he
said
to the whole
assembly
of Israel,
“If
it seems good
to you,
and if this is
of the LORD
our God,
let us send word
far and wide
to
the rest
of our brothers
in all
the land
of Israel,
and also
to the priests
and Levites
in their cities
and pasturelands,
so that they may join
us.
So David
assembled
all
the Israelites,
from
the River Shihor
in Egypt
to Lebo-hamath,
to bring
the ark
of God
from Kiriath-jearim.
David
and all
Israel
went up
to Baalah
of
Judah
(that is, Kiriath-jearim)
to bring up
from there
the ark
of God
the LORD,
who is enthroned
between the cherubim—
the ark
that is called
by the Name.
So they carried
the ark
of God
from the house
of Abinadab
on
a new
cart,
with Uzzah
and Ahio
guiding
the cart.
David
and all
the Israelites
were celebrating
before
God
with all
their might,
with songs
and on harps and lyres,
with tambourines,
cymbals,
and trumpets.
When they came
to
the threshing floor
of Kidon,
Uzzah
reached out
and took hold
of
the ark,
because
the oxen
had stumbled.
And the anger
of the LORD
burned
against Uzzah,
and He struck him
down
because
he had put
his hand
on
the ark.
So he died
there
before
God.
Then David
became angry
because
the LORD
had burst forth
against Uzzah;
so he named
that
place
Perez-uzza,
as it is called to
this
day.
So he
did not
move
the ark
with him
to the City
of David;
instead, he took
it aside
to
the house
of Obed-edom
the Gittite.
Thus the ark
of God
remained
with
the family
of
Obed-edom
in his house
for three
months,
and the LORD
blessed
his
household
and everything
he owned.