1Ch 13 | ABEn | STEP | And David consulted with the rulers and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds -- with every leader.

1 Chronicles 13

CHAPTER 13 David Transfers the Ark

1 And David consulted with the rulers and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds -- with every leader. 2 And 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 [⁵with ⁶them ¹the ²priests ³the ⁴Levites] which are in the cities of their possession, that they shall be gathered together to us. 3 And we should turn the ark of our God to us, for [³not ¹we sought ²it] from the days of Saul. 4 And [⁴said ¹all ²the ³assembly] to do so, for [³was upright ¹the ²word] in the eyes of all the people. 5 And 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. 6 And 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 [²is called upon ¹his name] there. 7 And they placed the ark of God upon [²wagon ¹a new], from out of the house of Abinadab. And Uzza and his brethren led the wagon. 8 And 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. 9 And they came unto the threshing-floor of Chidon. And Uzza stretched out his hand to hold down the ark, for [³turned ⁴it ¹the ²calf]. 10 And 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. 11 And David was depressed, that the lord cut a severance with Uzza. And he called that place -- Severance of Oza until this day. 12 And David feared God in that day, saying, How shall I carry in to myself the ark of God? 13 And [²did not ³return ¹David] the ark to himself into the city of David, but he turned it aside into the house of Obed Edom the Gittite. 14 And [⁴stayed ¹the ²ark ³of God] in the household of Obed Edom in his house [²months ¹three]. And the lord blessed the house of Obed Edom, and all of his.