2 Samuel 6:5-14

5Meanwhile, David and all the house of Israel 1were celebrating before the Lord 2with all kinds of instruments made of juniper wood, and with 3lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.

6But when they came to the 4threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah 5reached 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 6God struck him down there for 7his irreverence; and he died there by the ark of God. 8Then David became angry because 8of the Lord’s outburst against Uzzah; and that place has been called 9Perez-uzzah to this day. 9So 10David 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 11Obed-edom, the Gittite. 11The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the Lord 12blessed Obed-edom and all his household.

12Now it was reported to 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.” 13So David went and brought the ark of God up from the house of Obed-edom to 14the city of David with joy. 13And so it was, that 15when 16those carrying the ark of the Lord marched six paces, he sacrificed an 17ox and a fattened steer. 14And 18David was dancing before the Lord with all his strength, and David was 19wearing a linen ephod.