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1 Chronicles 13

David Fetches the Ark

1Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds.

1And David counseled with the captains of the thousands and of the hundreds, with every leader.

2And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.

2And David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it is good to you breaking forth from YHWH our God, let us send out to our brothers remaining in all the land of Israel, and with them to the priests and the Levites in their cities and their pasturelands, that they may gather together to us.

3Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”

3And let us bring back the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek Him in the days of Saul.”

4And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.

4And all 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, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

5And David gathered together all Israel from the Shihor in Egypt and as far as Lebo-Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

6David and all Israel went up to Baalah of Judah (that is, Kiriath-jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim—the ark that is called by the Name.

6And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah (to Kiriath-jearim), which was was unto Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, YHWH, dwelling between the cherubim, where the Name is proclaimed.

7So they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.

7And they carried the ark of God on a new cart from the house of Abinadab. And Uzza and Ahio were driving the cart.

Uzzah Touches the Ark

8David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

8And David and all Israel played before the face of God with all the might, with singing, and on harps, and on stringed instruments, and on tambourines, and on cymbals, and with the trumpets.

9When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.

9And they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, and Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen had stumbled.

10And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and He struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.

10And the anger of YHWH was kindled against Uzza, and He struck him upon that he stretched out his hand upon the ark, and he died there before the face of God.

11Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. So he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.

11And it was displeasing to David because YHWH broke forth a breach upon Uzza; and he called that place Perez-uzzah to this day.

12That day David feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”

12And David was afraid of God that day, saying, “How can I bring to myself the ark of God?”

13So he did not move the ark with him to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

13And David would not move the ark with him into the City of David, and he stretched it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

14Thus the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house for three months, and the LORD blessed his household and everything he owned.

14And the ark of God remained with the house of Obed-edom in his house three months, and YHWH blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that was unto him.