2Sa 6:1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty
thousand.
2Sa 6:2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from
Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by
the name of the Lord of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.
2Sa 6:3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the
house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab,
drave the new cart.
2Sa 6:4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah,
accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
2Sa 6:5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord on all
manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on
timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
2Sa 6:6 And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand
to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.
2Sa 6:7 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him
there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
2Sa 6:8 And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah:
and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah to this day.
2Sa 6:9 And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and said, How shall the ark
of the Lord come to me?
2Sa 6:10 So David would not remove the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of
David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
2Sa 6:11 And the ark of the Lord continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite
three months: and the Lord blessed Obededom, and all his household.
2Sa 6:12 And it was told king David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of
Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David
went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of
David with gladness.
2Sa 6:13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the Lord had gone
six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
2Sa 6:14 And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was
girded with a linen ephod.
2Sa 6:15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord
with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
2Sa 6:16 And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul's
daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before
the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
2Sa 6:17 And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in his place, in
the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered
burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.
2Sa 6:18 And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and
peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.
2Sa 6:19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of
Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good
piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to
his house.
2Sa 6:20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of
Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel
today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants,
as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
2Sa 6:21 And David said unto Michal, It was before the Lord, which chose me
before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people
of the Lord, over Israel: therefore will I play before the Lord.
2Sa 6:22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own
sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had
in honour.
2Sa 6:23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her
death.