Chapter 13 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds,
and with every leader.
And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you,
and that it be of the Lord our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren
everywhere, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the
priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather
themselves unto us.
And let us bring again the ark of our God to us, for we inquired not at it in the
days of Saul.
And all the congregation said that they would do so, for the thing was right in
the eyes of all the people.
So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt, even unto the
entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-Durim.
And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-Durim,
which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lord,
that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab.
And Uzzah and Ohio drove the cart.
And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing,
and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals,
and with trumpets.
And when they came unto the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzzah put forth
his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled.
And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and he smote him,
because he put his hand to the ark.
And there he died before God.
And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah, wherefore
that place is called Peruz-Uzzah to this day.
And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God
home to me?
So David brought not the ark home to himself, to the city of David,
but carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house three
months.
And the Lord blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that he had.