New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Samuel 6:4-17

4So 1they brought it with the ark of God from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Ahio was walking ahead of the ark. 5Meanwhile, David and all the house of Israel 2were celebrating before the Lord 3with all kinds of instruments made of 4fir wood, and with lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets and cymbals.

6But when they came to the 5threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah 6reached out toward the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen nearly upset it. 7And the anger of the Lord burned against Uzzah, and 7God struck him down there for 8his irreverence; and he died there by the ark of God. 8David became angry because 9of the Lord’s outburst against Uzzah, and that place is called 10Perez-uzzah to this day. 9So 11David was afraid of the Lord that day; and he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come to me?” 10And David was unwilling to move the ark of the Lord into the city of David with him; but David took it aside to the house of 12Obed-edom the Gittite. 11Thus the ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months, and the Lord 13blessed Obed-edom and all his household.

12Now it was told King David, saying, “The Lord has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, on account of the ark of God.” 14David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into 15the city of David with gladness. 13And so it was, that when the 16bearers of the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed an 17ox and a fatling. 14And 18David was dancing before the Lord with all his might, and David was 19 20wearing a linen ephod. 15So David and all the house of Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouting and the sound of the trumpet.

16Then it happened as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David that 21Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

17So they brought in the ark of the Lord and set it 22in its place inside the tent which David had pitched for it; and 23David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

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Notes

1. 2 Samuel 6:4 1 Sam 7:1; 1 Chr 13:7 ↩
2. 2 Samuel 6:5 1 Sam 18:6, 7 ↩
3. 2 Samuel 6:5 1 Chr 13:8 ↩
4. 2 Samuel 6:5 Or cypress ↩
5. 2 Samuel 6:6 1 Chr 13:9 ↩
6. 2 Samuel 6:6 Num 4:15, 19, 20 ↩
7. 2 Samuel 6:7 1 Sam 6:19 ↩
8. 2 Samuel 6:7 Lit the ↩
9. 2 Samuel 6:8 Lit the Lord broke through a breakthrough ↩
10. 2 Samuel 6:8 I.e. the breakthrough of Uzzah ↩
11. 2 Samuel 6:9 Ps 119:120; Luke 5:8 ↩
12. 2 Samuel 6:10 1 Chr 26:4-8 ↩
13. 2 Samuel 6:11 Gen 30:27; 39:5 ↩
14. 2 Samuel 6:12 1 Chr 15:25-16:3 ↩
15. 2 Samuel 6:12 1 Kin 8:1 ↩
16. 2 Samuel 6:13 Num 4:15; Josh 3:3; 1 Chr 15:2, 15 ↩
17. 2 Samuel 6:13 1 Kin 8:5 ↩
18. 2 Samuel 6:14 Ex 15:20, 21; Judg 11:34 ↩
19. 2 Samuel 6:14 Lit girded with ↩
20. 2 Samuel 6:14 Ex 19:6; 1 Sam 2:18, 28 ↩
21. 2 Samuel 6:16 2 Sam 3:14 ↩
22. 2 Samuel 6:17 1 Chr 15:1; 2 Chr 1:4 ↩
23. 2 Samuel 6:17 1 Kin 8:62-65 ↩

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