2 Samuel 6:1-11

11Now David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2And David 2departed from 34Baale-judah, with all the people who were with him, to bring up from there the ark of God which is called by the 5Name, the very name of the Lord of armies who 6is 7enthroned above the cherubim. 3They had mounted the ark of God on 8a new cart and moved it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were leading the new cart. 4So 9they 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 10were celebrating before the Lord 11with all kinds of instruments made of juniper wood, and with 12lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.

6But when they came to the 13threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah 14reached out toward the ark of God and took hold of it, because the oxen nearly overturned it. 7And the anger of the Lord burned against Uzzah, and 15God struck him down there for 16his irreverence; and he died there by the ark of God. 8Then David became angry because 17of the Lord’s outburst against Uzzah; and that place has been called 18Perez-uzzah to this day. 9So 19David 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 20Obed-edom, the Gittite. 11The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the Lord 21blessed Obed-edom and all his household.