2 Samuel 6:2-12

2David and all the men who were with him traveled to Baalah in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.

3They loaded the ark of God on a new cart and carried it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart.

4They brought it with the ark of God up from the house of Abinadab on the hill. Ahio was walking in front of the ark,

5while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before the Lord, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.

6When they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and grabbed hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled.

7The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him on the spot for his negligence. He died right there beside the ark of God.

8David was angry because the Lord attacked Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, which remains its name to this very day.

9David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, “How will the ark of the Lord ever come to me?”

10So David was no longer willing to bring the ark of the Lord to be with him in the City of David. David left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

11The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months. The Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his family.

12David was told, “The Lord has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything he owns because of the ark of God.” So David went and joyfully brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David.