13:1And
David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.
13:2And
David said unto all the assembly of
Israel, If it seem
good unto you, and if it be of
Jehovah our
God, let us send abroad every where unto our
brethren that are left in all the land of
Israel, with whom the
priests and
Levites are in their
cities that have suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us;
13:3and let us bring again the
ark of our
God to us: for we sought not unto it in the days of
Saul.
13:4And all the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was
right in the eyes of all the
people.
13:5So
David assembled all
Israel together, from the
Shihor the brook of
Egypt even unto the entrance of
Hamath, to bring the
ark of
God from
Kiriath-jearim.
13:6And
David went up, and all
Israel, to
Baalah,
that is, to
Kiriath-jearim, which belonged to
Judah, to bring up from thence the
ark of
God Jehovah that sitteth
above the
cherubim, that is called by the
Name.
13:7And they carried the
ark of
God upon a
new cart,
and brought it out of the
house of
Abinadab: and
Uzza and
Ahio drove the cart.
13:8And
David and all
Israel played before
God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with
cymbals, and with
trumpets.
13:9And when they came unto the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. 13:10And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put forth his hand to the ark; and there he died before God. 13:11And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzza; and he called that place Perez-uzza, unto this day. 13:12And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? 13:13So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 13:14And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months: and Jehovah blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.
