⁶ David^(A) and all Israel went to Baalah^(B) (that is, Kiriath-jearim that belongs to Judah) to take the ark of God from there, which is called by the name of the Lord who dwells between the cherubim.^{(C) 7} At Abinadab’s house^(D) they set the ark of God on a new cart. Uzzah and Ahio^[a] were guiding the cart.

⁸ David and all Israel were celebrating with all their might before God with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.^{(E) 9} When they came to Chidon’s threshing floor,^(F) Uzzah reached out to hold the ark because the oxen had stumbled. ¹⁰ Then the Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah, and He struck him dead because he had reached out to the ark.^(G) So he died there in the presence of God.^(H)

¹¹ David was angry because of the Lord’s outburst against Uzzah, so he named that place Outburst Against Uzzah,^[b] as it is still named today. ¹² David feared God that day and said, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?” ¹³ So David did not move the ark of God home^[c] to the city of David; instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.^{(I) 14} The ark of God remained with Obed-edom’s family in his house for three months, and the Lord blessed his family and all that he had.