WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:05.640 Chapter 13 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, 00:05.960 --> 00:06.880 and with every leader. 00:07.360 --> 00:11.760 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, 00:12.380 --> 00:16.880 and that it be of the Lord our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren 00:16.880 --> 00:21.500 everywhere, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the 00:21.500 --> 00:26.080 priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather 00:26.080 --> 00:27.220 themselves unto us. 00:27.220 --> 00:33.200 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us, for we inquired not at it in the 00:33.200 --> 00:33.880 days of Saul. 00:34.540 --> 00:38.800 And all the congregation said that they would do so, for the thing was right in 00:38.800 --> 00:40.020 the eyes of all the people. 00:40.680 --> 00:45.320 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt, even unto the 00:45.320 --> 00:48.920 entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-Durim. 00:49.320 --> 00:54.900 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-Durim, 00:54.900 --> 00:58.920 which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lord, 00:59.400 --> 01:03.120 that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it. 01:03.840 --> 01:08.180 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab. 01:08.920 --> 01:11.620 And Uzzah and Ohio drove the cart. 01:12.080 --> 01:16.700 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, 01:16.940 --> 01:20.840 and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, 01:20.920 --> 01:21.640 and with trumpets. 01:22.260 --> 01:26.280 And when they came unto the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzzah put forth 01:26.280 --> 01:29.020 his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled. 01:29.960 --> 01:33.780 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and he smote him, 01:34.180 --> 01:36.120 because he put his hand to the ark. 01:36.880 --> 01:38.580 And there he died before God. 01:39.060 --> 01:44.120 And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah, wherefore 01:44.120 --> 01:46.580 that place is called Peruz-Uzzah to this day. 01:47.420 --> 01:52.560 And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God 01:52.560 --> 01:53.200 home to me? 01:53.680 --> 01:57.360 So David brought not the ark home to himself, to the city of David, 01:57.740 --> 02:01.260 but carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. 02:01.700 --> 02:06.280 And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house three 02:06.280 --> 02:06.620 months. 02:07.340 --> 02:10.940 And the Lord blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that he had.