Chapter 6 Again David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty
thousand.
And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baal of
Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of
the Lord of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.
And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of
Abinadab that was in Gibeah.
And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.
And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying
the ark of God.
And Ahio went before the ark.
And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all manner of
instruments made of firwood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels,
and on coronets, and on cymbals.
And when they came to Nachan's threshing floor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark
of God and took hold of it, for the oxen shook it.
And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and God smote him there for
his error, and there he died by the ark of God.
And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah, and he
called the name of the place Piruz-Uzzah to this day.
And David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, How shall the ark of the Lord
come to me?
So David would not remove the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of David,
but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
And the ark of the Lord continued in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three
months, and the Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his household.
And it was told King David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of
Obed-Edom and all that pertaineth unto him because of the ark of God.
So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom into the
city of David with gladness.
And it was so that when they that bear the ark of the Lord had gone six paces,
he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
And David danced before the Lord with all his might, and David was girded with a
linen ephod.
So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with
shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.
And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michael, Saul's daughter,
looked through a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord.
And she despised him in her heart.
And they brought in the ark of the Lord and set it in his place, in the midst of
the tabernacle that David had pitched for it.
And David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace
offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.
And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel,
as well to the women as men, to everyone a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh,
and a flagon of wine.
So all the people departed, every one to his house.
Then David returned to bless his household.
And Michael, the daughter of Saul, came out to meet David and said,
How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of
the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly
uncovers himself.
And David said unto Michael, It was before the Lord which chose me before thy father
and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord,
over Israel.
Therefore will I play before the Lord, and I will yet be more vile than thus,
and will be base in mine own sight.
And of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in
honor.
Therefore Michael, the daughter of Saul, had no child unto the day of her death.
Amen.