| 1 | And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, {and} with every leader. |
| 2 | And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If {it seem} good unto you, and {that it be} of the Lord our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, {that are} left in all the land of Israel, and with them {also} to the priests and Levites {which are} in their cities {and} suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us: |
| 3 | And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul. |
| 4 | And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. |
| 5 | So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim. |
| 6 | And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, {that is}, to Kirjathjearim, which {belonged} to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lord, that dwelleth {between} the cherubims, whose name is called {on it}. |
| 7 | And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. |
| 8 | And David and all Israel played before God with all {their} might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. |
| 9 | And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. |
| 10 | And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. |
| 11 | And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day. |
| 12 | And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God {home} to me? |
| 13 | So David brought not the ark {home} to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. |
| 14 | And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the Lord blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had. |