Dual Panel1David <01732> consulted <03289> with <05973> his military officers <08269>, including those who led groups of a thousand <0505> and those <05057> who led <05057> groups of a hundred <03967>.
2David <01732> said <0559> to the whole <03605> Israelite <03478> assembly <06951>, “If <0518> you so desire <02895> and the Lord <03068> our God <0430> approves, let’s spread <06555> the word to <05921> our brothers <0251> who remain <07604> in all <03605> the regions <0776> of Israel <03478>, and to <05973> the priests <03548> and Levites <03881> in their cities <05892>, so they may join <06908> us.
3Let’s move <05437> the ark <0727> of our God <0430> back <05437> here <0413>, for <03588> we did not <03808> seek <01875> his will throughout Saul’s <07586> reign <03117>.”
4The whole <03605> assembly <06951> agreed <0559> to do <06213> this <03651>, for <03588> the proposal <01697> seemed <05869> right <03474> to all <03605> the people <05971>.
5So David <01732> assembled <06950> all <03605> Israel <03478> from <04480> the Shihor River <07883> in Egypt <04714> to <05704> Lebo Hamath <02574>, to bring <0935> the ark <0727> of God <0430> from Kiriath Jearim <07157>.
6David <01732> and all <03605> Israel <03478> went up <05927> to <0413> Baalah <01173> (that <0834> is, Kiriath Jearim <07157>) in Judah <03063> to bring up <05927> from there <08033> the ark <0727> of God <0430> the Lord <03068>, who sits <03427> enthroned between the cherubim <03742>– the ark that <0834> is called <07121> by his name <08034>.
7They transported <07392> the ark <0430> <0727> on <05921> a new <02319> cart <05699> from the house <01004> of Abinadab <041>; Uzzah <05798> and Ahio <0283> were guiding <05090> the cart <05699>,
8while David <01732> and all <03605> Israel <03478> were energetically <05797> celebrating <07832> before <06440> God <0430>, singing <07892> and playing various <03605> stringed instruments <05035> <03658>, tambourines <08596>, cymbals <04700>, and trumpets <02689>.
9When <05704> they arrived <0935> at the threshing floor <01637> of Kidon <03592>, Uzzah <05798> reached out <07971> his hand <03027> to take hold <0270> of the ark <0727>, because <03588> the oxen <01241> stumbled <08058>.
10The Lord <03068> was so furious <0639> <02734> with Uzzah <05798>, he killed <05221> him, because <0834> <05921> he reached out <07971> his hand <03027> and touched <05921> the ark <0727>. He died <04191> right there <08033> before <06440> God <0430>.
11David <01732> was angry <02734> because <03588> the Lord <03068> attacked <06556> <06555> Uzzah <05798>; so he called <07121> that place <04725> Perez Uzzah <06560>, which remains <05704> its name to this <02088> very day <03117>.
12David <01732> was afraid <03372> of God <0430> that day <03117> and said <0559>, “How <01963> will I ever be able to bring <0935> the ark <0727> of God <0430> up <0413> here?”
13So David <01732> did not <03808> move <05493> the ark <0727> to <0413> the City <05892> of David <01732>; he left <05186> it in <0413> the house <01004> of Obed-Edom <05654> the Gittite <01663>.
14The ark <0727> of God <0430> remained <03427> in <05973> Obed-Edom’s <05654> house <01004> for three <07969> months <02320>; the Lord <03068> blessed <01288> Obed-Edom’s <05654> family <01004> and everything <03605> that <0834> belonged to him.