^2 (A) led them to Baalah in Judah, which was also called Kiriath-Jearim. They were going there^[a] to get the sacred chest and bring it back to Jerusalem. The throne of the Lord All-Powerful is above the winged creatures^[b] on top of this chest, and he is worshiped there.^[c]

^3 (B) They put the sacred chest on a new ox cart and started bringing it down the hill from Abinadab's house. Abinadab's sons Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the ox cart, ⁴ with Ahio^[d] walking in front of it.

⁵ David gathered everyone from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo-Hamath in the north. ^6 (A) Then he led them to Baalah in Judah, which was also called Kiriath-Jearim. They went there to get the sacred chest and bring it to Jerusalem, because it belonged to the Lord God, whose throne is above the winged creatures^[a] on the lid of the chest.

⁷ The sacred chest was still at Abinadab's house,^[b] and when David and the crowd arrived there, they brought the chest outside and placed it on a new ox cart. Abinadab's sons^[c] Uzzah and Ahio guided the cart,