⁶ And David and all Israel went up to ^(A)Baalah,^[a] to Kirjath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, ^(B)who dwells between the cherubim, where His name is proclaimed. ⁷ So they ^[b]carried the ark of God ^(C)on a new cart ^(D)from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart. ⁸ Then ^(E)David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with ^[c]singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets.

⁹ And when they came to ^[d]Chidon’s threshing floor, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen ^[e]stumbled. ¹⁰ Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzza, and He struck him ^(F)because he put his hand to the ark; and he ^(G)died there before God. ¹¹ And David became angry because of the Lord’s outbreak against Uzza; therefore that place is called ^[f]Perez Uzza to this day. ¹² David was afraid of God that day, saying, “How can I bring the ark of God to me?”

¹³ So David would not move the ark with him into the City of David, but took it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. ^14 (H)The ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house three months. And the Lord blessed ^(I)the house of Obed-Edom and all that he had.