And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds,andwith every leader.
And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, Ifit seemgood unto you, andthat it beof theLORDour God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where,that areleft in all the land of Israel, and with themalsoto the priests and Leviteswhich arein their citiesandsuburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:
And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired 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-jearim.
And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah,that is, to Kirjath-jearim, whichbelongedto Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God theLORD, that dwellethbetweenthe cherubims, whose name is calledon it.
And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
And David and all Israel played before God with alltheirmight, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
And the anger of theLORDwas kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.
And David was displeased, because theLORDhad made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.
And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of Godhometo me?
So David brought not the arkhometo 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 theLORDblessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.