And they carried the ark of God (A)on a new cart and brought it (B)out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio,[a] the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart, with the ark of God,[b] and Ahio went before the ark.

Uzzah and the Ark

And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord, with (C)songs[c] and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 6:3 Or and his brother; also verse 4
  2. 2 Samuel 6:4 Compare Septuagint; Hebrew the new cart, 4and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill, with the ark of God
  3. 2 Samuel 6:5 Septuagint, 1 Chronicles 13:8; Hebrew fir trees

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