a 1 Sam 7:1, 2
b 2 Sam 6:1; 1 Kin 8:65; 1 Chr 15:3
c 1 Sam 6:21; 7:1
d 2 Sam 6:2-11
e Josh 15:9
f Ex 25:22; 2 Kin 19:15
h 1 Sam 7:1
i 1 Chr 15:16
j 2 Sam 6:6
k 1 Chr 15:13, 15
l Lev 10:2
o 1 Chr 15:25
p 1 Chr 26:4, 5

1 Chronicles 13

Peril in Transporting the Ark

1Then David consulted with the captains of the thousands and the hundreds, even with every leader. 2David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if it is from the Lord our God, let us send everywhere to our kinsmen who remain in all the land of Israel, also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their cities with pasture lands, that they may meet with us; 3and let us bring back the ark of our God to us, afor we did not seek it in the days of Saul.” 4Then all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

5 bSo David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, cto bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim. 6 dDavid and all Israel went up to eBaalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim, which belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, the Lord fwho is enthroned above the cherubim, where His name is called. 7They ▼
▼ Lit caused to ride
carried the ark of God on a new cart from hthe house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart. 8David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, ieven with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals and with trumpets.

9When they came to jthe threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, because the oxen nearly upset it. 10The anger of the Lord burned against Uzza, so He struck him down kbecause he put out his hand to the ark; land he died there before God. 11Then David became angry because ▼
▼ Lit the Lord had broken through a breakthrough
of the Lord’s outburst against Uzza; and he called that place ▼
▼ I.e. the breakthrough of Uzza
Perez-uzza to this day. 12David was afraid of God that day, saying, “How can I bring the ark of God home to me?” 13So David did not take the ark with him to the city of David, but took it aside oto the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 14Thus the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months; and pthe Lord blessed the family of Obed-edom with all that he had.
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