I Chronicles Chapter 13

I Chronicles Chapter 13
1 And David counseled with the
captains of thousands and of
hundreds, and with all the governors.
2 And David said to all the congregation
of Israel, If it seem good to you, and that
it proceedeth of the Lord our God, we
will send to and from unto our brethren,
that are left in all the land of Israel (for
with them are the priests and the Levites
in the cities and their suburbs) that they
may assemble themselves unto us.
3 And we will bring again the ark of our
God to us: for we sought not unto it in
the days of Saul.
4 And all the congregation answered,
Let us do so: for the thing seemed good
in the eyes of all the people.
5 So David gathered all Israel together
from Shihor in Egypt, even unto the
entering of Hamath, to bring the ark of
God from Kirjath-jearim. 6 And David
went up and all Israel to Baalath, in
Kirjath-jearim, that was in Judah, to
bring up from thence the ark of God the
Lord that dwelleth between the
cherubims, where his name is called on.
7 And they carried the ark of God in a
new cart out of the house of Abinadab:
and Uzza and Ahio guided the cart.
8 And David and all Israel played
before God with all their might, both
with songs and with harps, and with
viols, and with timbrels and with
cymbals and with trumpets.
9 And when they came unto the threshing
floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand
to hold the ark, for the oxen did shake it.
10 But the wrath of the Lord was kindled
against Uzza, and he smote him, because
he laid his hand upon the ark: so he died
there before God. 11 And David was
angry, because the Lord had made a
breach in Uzza, and he called the name
of that place Perez-uzza unto this day.
12 And David feared God that day,
saying, How shall I bring into me the ark
of God?
13 Therefore David brought not the ark
to him into the city of David, but caused
it to turn into the house of Obed Edom
the Gittite.
14 So the ark of God remained in the
house of Obed Edom, even in his house
three months: and the Lord blessed the
house of Obed Edom, and all that he had.