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1 David
again gathered together
all the chosen men
of Israel,
thirty thousand.
2 David
arose and went
with all the
people who were
with him from Baale
Judah, to bring
up from there
God’s ark, which
is called by
the Name, even
the name of
the LORD of
Armies who sits
above the cherubim.
3 They
set God’s ark on a
new cart, and
brought it out
of Abinadab’s house
that was on
the hill; and
Uzzah and Ahio,
the sons
of Abinadab, drove
the new cart.
4 They
brought it out
of Abinadab’s house
which was in
the hill,
with God’s ark; and Ahio
went before
the ark.
5 David
and all the
house of Israel
played before the
LORD with all
kinds of instruments
made of cypress
wood, with harps,
with stringed instruments, with
tambourines, with
castanets, and
with cymbals.
6 When
they came to the
threshing floor of
Nacon, Uzzah
reached for God’s
ark and took hold of
it, for the
cattle stumbled.
7 The
LORD’s anger burned
against Uzzah, and
God struck him
there for his
error; and he
died there by
God’s ark.
8 David
was displeased
because the LORD
had broken out
against Uzzah; and
he called that
place Perez Uzzah
to this day.
9 David
was afraid of
the LORD that
day; and he said,
“How could the LORD’s ark come
to me?”
10 So
David would not
move the LORD’s ark
to be with
him in David’s
city; but David
carried it aside
into Obed-Edom the
Gittite’s house.
11 The
LORD’s ark remained
in Obed-Edom the
Gittite’s house
three months; and
the LORD blessed
Obed-Edom and all
his house.
12 King
David was told, “The
LORD has blessed
the house of
Obed-Edom, and all
that belongs to
him, because of
God’s ark.”
So David went
and brought up
God’s ark from the
house of Obed-Edom
into David’s city
with joy.
13 When
those who bore
the LORD’s ark had
gone six paces,
he sacrificed an
ox and a fattened
calf.
14 David
danced before the
LORD with all
his might; and
David was clothed
in a linen ephod.
15 So
David and all
the house of
Israel brought up
the LORD’s ark
with shouting and
with the sound
of the trumpet.
16 As
the LORD’s ark
came into David’s
city, Michal the
daughter of Saul
looked out through
the window and
saw King David
leaping and
dancing before the
LORD; and
she despised him
in her heart.
17 They
brought in the
LORD’s ark, and
set it in
its place in
the middle of
the tent that
David had pitched
for it; and
David offered
burnt offerings
and peace
offerings before
the LORD.
18 When
David had finished
offering the burnt
offering and the
peace offerings,
he blessed the
people in the
name of the
LORD of Armies.
19 He gave
to all the
people, even among
the whole
multitude of
Israel, both to
men and women, to
everyone a portion
of bread, dates,
and raisins. So
all the people
departed, each to
his own house.
20 Then
David returned to
bless his
household. Michal
the daughter of
Saul came out
to meet David,
and said, “How
glorious the king
of Israel was
today, who
uncovered himself
today in the
eyes of his
servants’ maids, as
one of the
vain fellows
shamelessly uncovers
himself!”
21 David said
to Michal, “It
was before the
LORD, who chose me
above your father,
and above all
his house, to
appoint me prince
over the people
of the LORD,
over Israel.
Therefore I will
celebrate before
the LORD.
22 I
will be yet
more undignified than
this, and will
be worthless in my
own sight. But
the maids of whom
you have spoken
will honor me.”
23 Michal
the daughter of
Saul had no
child to the
day of her
death.