David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader. 1Ch 12:202Ch 29:202Ch 34:29-302Ki 23:11Ch 12:141Ch 12:322Sa 6:1 David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if it is of the LORD our God, let’s send word everywhere to our brothers who are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have pasture lands, that they may gather themselves to us. 1Sa 31:1Num 4:4-201Ch 10:71Ch 15:2-141Ch 6:54-811Ki 12:72Ch 31:4-212Ki 9:15 Also, let’s bring the ark of our God back to us again, for we didn’t seek it in the days of Saul.” 1Sa 7:1-21Sa 23:21Sa 14:181Sa 14:361Sa 22:101Sa 22:151Sa 23:9-12Psa 132:6
All the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. 1Sa 18:202Ch 30:42Sa 3:36Est 8:5 So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor River of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring God’s ark from Kiriath Jearim. 1Sa 6:211Ki 8:652Sa 6:11Ch 15:31Ch 13:61Ki 4:212Ki 25:21Jos 13:3-6
David went up with all Israel to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there God the LORD’s ark that sits above the cherubim, that is called by the Name. 2Ki 19:152Sa 6:2-11Exo 25:22Jos 15:91Sa 4:4Jos 15:601Ki 8:16Exo 20:24 They carried God’s ark on a new cart, and brought it out of Abinadab’s house; and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart. Num 4:151Ch 15:131Ch 15:21Sa 6:71Sa 7:1-22Sa 6:3 David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with cymbals, and with 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 Chidon’s threshing floor, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled. 2Sa 6:6 The LORD’s anger burned against Uzza, and he struck him because he put his hand on the ark; and 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 David was displeased, because the LORD had broken out against Uzza. He called that place Perez Uzza, to this day. 2Sa 6:72Sa 6:9Deu 34:6Gen 32:32Jon 4:4Jon 4:9Jos 4:9 David was afraid of God that day, saying, “How can I bring God’s ark home to me?” Psa 119:1201Ki 8:271Sa 5:10-111Sa 6:20Job 25:5-6Num 17:12-13Isa 6:5Luk 5:8-9 So David didn’t move the ark with him into David’s city, but carried it aside into Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house. 1Ch 15:181Ch 26:42Sa 6:10-111Ch 16:51Ch 26:82Sa 4:3 God’s ark remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house three months; and the LORD blessed Obed-Edom’s house and all that he had. 1Ch 26:4-5Pro 10:22Pro 3:9-10Gen 30:27Gen 39:5Mal 3:10-11