David Fetches the Ark
(1 Chronicles 13:1–7)
David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all. 1Ch 13:1-41Ch 13:6-141Ki 8:1Psa 132:1-62Sa 5:1 And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah 1to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name— 2 the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it. 1Sa 4:41Ch 13:5-61Sa 7:1Exo 25:18-22Psa 80:11Pe 1:121Ki 8:6-7Isa 47:4
They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart, 1Sa 6:7Num 7:4-9Num 4:5-12 bringing with it the ark of God. 3 And Ahio was walking in front of the ark. 1Ch 13:71Sa 7:1-2
Uzzah Touches the Ark
(1 Chronicles 13:8–14)
David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, 4 harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals. 1Ch 13:8Psa 150:3-5Amo 5:231Ch 15:10-241Sa 10:51Sa 16:161Sa 18:6-72Ki 3:15
When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, 5 Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled. 1Ch 13:9Num 4:15Num 4:19-20 And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, 6 and he died there beside the ark of God. 1Sa 6:191Ch 15:131Ch 13:101Ch 15:21Co 11:30-32Lev 10:1-3
Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, 7 as it is called to this day. 1Ch 13:11-12Jon 4:1Jon 4:9
That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?” Psa 119:1201Ch 13:11-121Ki 8:271Sa 5:10-111Sa 6:20Num 17:12-13Isa 6:5Job 25:5-6 So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 1Ch 26:4-81Ch 13:13-141Ch 15:181Ch 16:52Sa 15:192Sa 18:22Sa 4:3 Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed him and all his household. Gen 39:5Gen 30:27Pro 3:9-10Mal 3:10Gen 39:23
The Ark Brought to Jerusalem
(1 Chronicles 15:1–28)
Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” 1Ch 15:251Ki 8:1Mat 10:42Psa 24:7-10Psa 68:24-271Ch 15:1-3Psa 132:6-8
So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing. When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf. 1Ch 15:151Ki 8:5Num 4:151Ch 15:2Jos 3:3Num 7:91Ch 15:25-262Ch 5:6
And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD, 1Sa 2:18Exo 15:20Jdg 11:34Psa 149:3Psa 150:41Sa 2:28Col 3:23Psa 30:11 while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn. Psa 68:24-271Ch 15:161Ch 15:251Ch 15:28Ezr 3:10-11Jos 6:4-5Num 10:1-10Psa 150:3
Michal’s Contempt for David
(1 Chronicles 15:29—16:3)
As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart. 1Co 2:141Ch 15:292Sa 3:14Act 2:13Psa 69:7Isa 53:3
So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. 1Ch 15:12Ch 1:41Ki 8:51Ki 8:62-65Psa 132:82Ch 5:62Ch 7:5-7Ezr 6:16-17
When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts. 1Ch 16:21Ki 8:551Ki 8:142Ch 30:18-192Ch 30:272Ch 6:3Act 3:26Exo 39:43 Then he distributed to every man and woman among the multitude of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, 8 and a raisin cake. And all the people departed, each for his own home. Neh 8:101Ki 8:662Ch 30:242Ch 7:101Ch 16:32Ch 35:12-132Ch 35:7-8Act 20:35
As soon as David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.” 2Sa 6:162Sa 6:14Jdg 9:4Mrk 3:21Php 2:7-81Ch 16:431Sa 19:23-242Sa 6:18
But David said to Michal, “I was dancing before the LORD, who chose me over your father and all his house when He appointed me ruler over the LORD’s people Israel. I will celebrate before the LORD, Act 13:221Sa 13:142Sa 6:16Psa 89:19-201Sa 15:28Psa 78:70-721Sa 16:12Sa 6:14 and I will humiliate and humble myself even more than this. Yet I will be honored by the maidservants of whom you have spoken.” 1Pe 4:14Heb 12:2Isa 51:71Ti 1:15Act 5:41-42Gen 32:10Isa 50:6Job 40:4
And Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death. Mat 1:251Sa 1:6-81Sa 15:35Hos 9:11Isa 22:14Isa 4:1Luk 1:25