2 Samuel 6:2-11

2 And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from a Baale-judah b to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the  Lord of hosts c who sits enthroned on the cherubim. 3 And they carried the ark of God d on a new cart and brought it e out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio, ▼
▼ Or  and his brother; also verse 4
 the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart, ▼
▼ Compare Septuagint; Hebrew  the new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill
 4 with the ark of God, and Ahio went before the ark.

Uzzah and the Ark

5 And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the  Lord, with h songs ▼
▼ Septuagint, 1 Chronicles 13:8; Hebrew fir trees
 and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals. 6 And when they came to the threshing floor of j Nacon, Uzzah k put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. 7 And the anger of the  Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and l God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God. 8 And David was angry because the  Lord had broken out against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzzah ▼
▼  Perez-uzzah means the breaking out against Uzzah
 to this day. 9 And David was afraid of the  Lord that day, and he said, “How can the ark of the  Lord come to me?” 10 So David was not willing to take the ark of the  Lord into the city of David. But David took it aside n to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 11 And the ark of the  Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months, o and the  Lord blessed Obed-edom and all his household.

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