1 David again assembled all the choice men in Israel, 30,000 .
2 He and all his troops set out to bring the ark of God from Baale-judah. The ark is called by the Name, the name of Yahweh of Hosts who dwells between the cherubim.
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, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the cart
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 celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of fir wood instruments, lyres, harps, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
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, and God struck him dead on the spot for his irreverence, 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 an Outburst Against Uzzah, 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 move the ark of the LORD to the city of David; instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
11 The ark of the LORD remained in his house three months, and the LORD blessed Obed-edom and his whole family.
12 It was reported to King David: “ The LORD has blessed Obed-edom’s family and all that belongs to him because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from Obed-edom’s house to the city of David with rejoicing.
13 When those carrying the ark of the LORD advanced six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
