^3 (A) They put the sacred chest on a new ox cart and started bringing it down the hill from Abinadab's house. Abinadab's sons Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the ox cart, ⁴ with Ahio^[a] walking in front of it. ⁵ Some of the people of Israel were playing music on small harps and other stringed instruments, and on tambourines, castanets, and cymbals. David and the others were happy, and they danced for the Lord with all their might.

⁶ But when they came to Nacon's threshing-floor, the oxen stumbled, so Uzzah reached out and took hold of the sacred chest. ⁷ The Lord God was very angry with Uzzah for doing this, and he killed Uzzah right there beside the chest.

⁸ David got angry with God for killing Uzzah. He named that place “Bursting Out Against Uzzah,”^[b] and that's what it's still called.

⁷ The sacred chest was still at Abinadab's house,^[a] and when David and the crowd arrived there, they brought the chest outside and placed it on a new ox cart. Abinadab's sons^[b] Uzzah and Ahio guided the cart, ⁸ while David and the crowd danced and sang praises to the Lord with all their might. They played music on small harps and other stringed instruments, and on tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

⁹ But when they came to Chidon's threshing place, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out and took hold of the chest to stop it from falling. ¹⁰ The Lord God was very angry with Uzzah for doing this, and he killed Uzzah right there beside the chest.

¹¹ David then got angry with God for killing Uzzah. So he named that place “Attack on Uzzah,”^[c] and it's been called that ever since.