¹David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds , even with every leader .

²David said to all the assembly of Israel , “If it seems good to you , and if it is of the LORD our God , let ’s send word everywhere to our brothers who are left in all Eretz-Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have pasture lands , that they may gather themselves to us .

³Also , let ’s bring the ark of our God back to us again , for we didn’t seek it in the days of Saul .”

⁴All the assembly said that they would do so , for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people .

⁵So David assembled all Israel together , from the Shihor River of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath , to bring God’s ark from Kiriath Jearim.

⁶David went up with all Israel to Baalah , that is , to Kiriath Jearim, which belonged to Judah , to bring up from there God the LORD ’s ark that sits above the cherubim , that is called by the Name .

⁷They carried God’s ark on a new cart , and brought it out of Abinadab’s house ; and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart .

⁸David and all Israel played before God with all their might , even with songs , with harps , with stringed instruments , with tambourines , with cymbals , and with shofars.[#13:8 or, trumpets]

⁹When they came to Chidon ’s threshing floor , Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled .

¹⁰The LORD ’s anger burned against Uzza , and he struck him because he put his hand on the ark; and he died there before God .

¹¹David was displeased , because the LORD had broken out against Uzza . He called that place Perez Uzza , to this day .

¹²David was afraid of God that day , saying, “How can I bring God’s ark home to me ?”

¹³So David didn’t move the ark with him into David ’s city , but carried it aside into Obed-Edom the Gittite ’s house .

¹⁴God ’s ark remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house three months ; and the LORD blessed Obed-Edom ’s house and all that he had .