2 Samuel 6:4-6

New Living Translation

⁴that carried the Ark of God.^[a] Ahio walked in front of the Ark. ⁵David and all the people of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, singing songs^[b] and playing all kinds of musical instruments—lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.

⁶But when they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand and steadied the Ark of God.

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Footnotes

6:4 As in Dead Sea Scrolls and some Greek manuscripts; Masoretic Text reads ⁴and they brought it from Abinadab’s house, which was on a hill, with the Ark of God.
6:5 As in Dead Sea Scrolls and Greek version (see also 1 Chr 13:8); Masoretic Text reads before the Lord with all manner of cypress wood.