2 Samuel 6:2-11

Revised Geneva Translation

² And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up the Ark of God from there, whose name comes from the Name of the LORD of Hosts, Who dwells upon it between the Cherubim.

³ And they put the Ark of God upon a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.

⁴ And when they brought the Ark of God out of the house of Abinadab that was at Gibeah, Ahio went before the Ark.

⁵ And David and all the House of Israel played before the LORD on all instruments made of fir, and on harps, and on psalteries, and on tambourines, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

⁶ And when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah put his hand on the Ark of God and held it. For the oxen shook it.

⁷ And the LORD was very angry with Uzzah. And God struck him in that same place for his fault. And there he died, by the Ark of God.

⁸ And David was displeased because the LORD had stricken Uzzah. And he called the name of the place “Perez Uzzah” until this day.

⁹ Therefore, David feared the LORD that day, and said, “How shall the Ark of the LORD come to me?”

¹⁰ So David would not bring the Ark of the LORD to him into the City of David. But David carried it into the house of Obed-Edom, a Gittite.

¹¹ And the Ark of the LORD stayed in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months. And the LORD blessed Obed-Edom and all his household.