1 Chronicles 13
13:1And David consulted with the rulers and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds -- with every leader.
13:2And David said to all the assembly of Israel, If it seems good to you, and by the lord our God, that he should prosper the way, then we should send to our brethren being left in all the land of Israel, and the priests the Levites with them which are in the cities of their possession, that they shall be gathered together to us.
13:3And we should turn the ark of our God to us, for we sought it not from the days of Saul.
13:4And all the assembly said to do so, for the word was upright in the eyes of all the people.
13:5And David assembled all Israel, from the borders of Egypt and unto the entrance of Hamath, to carry in the ark of God from the city of Jearim.
13:6And David ascended, and all Israel into Kirjath-jearim, which is of Judah, to lead up from there the ark of the lord God, of the one sitting upon the cherubim, of which his name is called upon there.
13:7And they placed the ark of God upon a new wagon, from out of the house of Abinadab. And Uzza and his brethren led the wagon.
13:8And David and all Israel were playing before God with all their ability, and with songs, and with lutes, and with stringed instruments, and with tambourines, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
13:9And they came unto the threshing-floor of Chidon. And Uzza stretched out his hand to hold down the ark, for the calf turned it.
13:10And the lord was enraged in anger against Uzza, and he struck him there, on account of the stretching out of his hand upon the ark. And he died there before God.
13:11And David was depressed, that the lord cut a severance with Uzza. And he called that place -- Severance of Oza until this day.
13:12And David feared God in that day, saying, How shall I carry in to myself the ark of God?
13:13And David did not return the ark to himself into the city of David, but he turned it aside into the house of Obed Edom the Gittite.
13:14And the ark of God stayed in the household of Obed Edom in his house three months. And the lord blessed the house of Obed Edom, and all of his.