2 Samuel 6:2-11
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
2 He and all his troops set out(A) to bring the ark of God from Baale-judah.[a] The ark bears the Name, the name of the Lord of Armies who is enthroned between the cherubim.(B) 3 They set the ark of God on a new cart and transported it from Abinadab’s house, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio,[b] sons of Abinadab, were guiding the cart(C) 4 and brought it with the ark of God from Abinadab’s house on the hill. Ahio walked in front of the ark. 5 David and the whole house of Israel were dancing before the Lord with all kinds of fir wood instruments,[c] lyres, harps, tambourines, sistrums,[d] and cymbals.(D)
6 When they came to Nacon’s threshing-floor, Uzzah reached out to the ark of God and took hold of it because the oxen had stumbled. 7 Then the Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah,(E) and God struck him dead on the spot for his irreverence,(F) and he died there next to the ark of God. 8 David was angry because of the Lord’s outburst against Uzzah, so he named that place Outburst Against Uzzah,[e] as it is today. 9 David feared the Lord that day and said, ‘How can the ark of the Lord ever come to me? ’ 10 So he was not willing to bring the ark of the Lord to the city of David;(G) instead, he diverted it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath. 11 The ark of the Lord remained in his house for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-edom(H) and his whole family.
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