6David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.H1732H622H3254H977H3478H7970H5052And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale-judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the LORD of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim.H1732H6965H3212H5971H1184H5927H727H430H8034H7121H8034H3068H6635H3427H37423And they carried the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart,H7392H727H430H2319H5699H5375H1004H41H1390H5798H283H1121H41H5090H2319H56994with the ark of God, and Ahio went before the ark.H5375H1004H41H1390H5973H727H430H283H1980H6440H727
Uzzah and the Ark
5And David and all the house of Israel were making merry before the LORD, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.H1732H1004H3478H7832H6440H3068H1265H6086H3658H5035H8596H4517H67676And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled.H935H5225H1637H5798H7971H727H430H270H1241H80587And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God.H639H3068H2734H5798H430H5221H7944H4191H727H4308And David was angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzzah, to this day.H1732H2734H3068H6555H6556H5798H7121H4725H6560H31179And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and he said, "How can the ark of the LORD come to me?"H1732H3372H3068H3117H559H727H3068H93510So David was not willing to take the ark of the LORD into the city of David. But David took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.H1732H14H5493H727H3068H5892H1732H1732H5186H1004H5654H166311And the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months, and the LORD blessed Obed-edom and all his household.H727H3068H3427H1004H5654H1663H7969H2320H3068H1288H5654H100412And it was told King David, "The LORD has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing.H5046H4428H1732H559H3068H1288H1004H5654H727H430H1732H3212H5927H727H430H1004H5654H5892H1732H805713And when those who bore the ark of the LORD had gone six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal.H5375H727H3068H6805H8337H6806H2076H7794H480614And David danced before the LORD with all his might. And David was wearing a linen ephod.H1732H3769H6440H3068H5797H1732H2296H906H64615So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the horn.H1732H1004H3478H5927H727H3068H8643H6963H7782
David and Michal
16As the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.H727H3068H935H5892H1732H4324H7586H1323H8259H2474H7200H4428H1732H6339H3769H6440H3068H959H382017And they brought in the ark of the LORD and set it in its place, inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.H935H727H3068H3322H4725H8432H168H1732H5186H1732H5927H5930H8002H6440H306818And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hostsH1732H3615H5927H5930H8002H1288H5971H8034H3068H663519and distributed among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, a cake of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins to each one. Then all the people departed, each to his house.H2505H5971H1995H3478H802H376H376H259H2471H3899H829H809H5971H3212H376H100420And David returned to bless his household. But Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, "How the king of Israel honored himself today, uncovering himself today before the eyes of his servants' female servants, as one of the vulgar fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!"H1732H7725H1288H1004H4324H1323H7586H3318H7125H1732H559H3513H4428H3478H3117H1540H3117H5869H519H5650H259H7386H1540H154021And David said to Michal, "It was before the LORD, who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me as prince over Israel, the people of the LORD—and I will make merry before the LORD.H1732H559H4324H6440H3068H977H1H1004H6680H5057H5971H3068H3478H7832H6440H306822I will make myself yet more contemptible than this, and I will be abased in your eyes. But by the female servants of whom you have spoken, by them I shall be held in honor."H7043H2063H8217H5869H519H559H351323And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.H4324H1323H7586H2056H3206H3117H4194