David Fetches the Ark
(2 Samuel 6:1–4)
Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands. 1Ch 12:202Ch 29:202Ch 34:29-302Ki 23:11Ch 12:141Ch 12:322Sa 6:1 And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us. 1Sa 31:1Num 4:4-201Ch 10:71Ch 15:2-141Ch 6:54-811Ki 12:72Ch 31:4-212Ki 9:15 Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him 1in the days of Saul.” 1Sa 7:1-21Sa 23:21Sa 14:181Sa 14:361Sa 22:101Sa 22:151Sa 23:9-12Psa 132:6
And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it. 1Sa 18:202Ch 30:42Sa 3:36Est 8:5 So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor 2in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim. 1Sa 6:211Ki 8:652Sa 6:11Ch 15:31Ch 13:61Ki 4:212Ki 25:21Jos 13:3-6
David and all Israel went up to Baalah of Judah (that is, Kiriath-jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim—the ark that is called by the Name. 3 2Ki 19:152Sa 6:2-11Exo 25:22Jos 15:91Sa 4:4Jos 15:601Ki 8:16Exo 20:24 So they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart. Num 4:151Ch 15:131Ch 15:21Sa 6:71Sa 7:1-22Sa 6:3
Uzzah Touches the Ark
(2 Samuel 6:5–11)
David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. 2Sa 6:5-23Psa 150:3-51Ch 15:10-241Ch 15:281Ch 16:421Ch 16:51Ch 23:51Ch 25:1-6
When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, 4 Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled. 2Sa 6:6 And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and He struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God. 1Ch 15:151Ch 15:13Num 4:151Sa 6:191Co 11:30-322Ch 26:16-20Jos 6:6Lev 10:1-3
Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, 5 as it is called to this day. 2Sa 6:72Sa 6:9Deu 34:6Gen 32:32Jon 4:4Jon 4:9Jos 4:9
That day David feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?” Psa 119:1201Ki 8:271Sa 5:10-111Sa 6:20Job 25:5-6Num 17:12-13Isa 6:5Luk 5:8-9 So he did not move the ark with him to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 1Ch 15:181Ch 26:42Sa 6:10-111Ch 16:51Ch 26:82Sa 4:3 Thus the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house for three months, and the LORD blessed his household and everything he owned. 1Ch 26:4-5Pro 10:22Pro 3:9-10Gen 30:27Gen 39:5Mal 3:10-11