1Chronicles 13

1 Later, David conferred with every officer ^{a13:1 Lit. Nagid; i.e. a senior officer entrusted with dual roles of operational oversight and administrative authority} in charge of groups of thousands and groups of ^{b13:1 The Heb. lacks groups of} hundreds.ISV — 1Chronicles 13:1

2 Then he ^{c13:2 Lit. David} addressed the entire community of Israel, “If it seems good to you and something from the Lord our God, let’s spread word to all of our relatives who remain throughout the entire land of Israel, including the priests and descendants of Levi in the cities and pasture lands, so they can gather together with us.ISV — 1Chronicles 13:2

3 Then let’s bring the Ark of God back to us, because we didn’t consult it during Saul’s reign.” ^{d13:3 Lit. days}ISV — 1Chronicles 13:3

4 The entire community consented, because doing so pleased all the people.ISV — 1Chronicles 13:4

5 So David assembled all of Israel—from the Shihor River of Egypt to Lebo-hamath—in order to bring the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.ISV — 1Chronicles 13:5

6 David, accompanied by all of Israel, went up to Baalah (the former name of Kiriath-jearim), which belonged to Judah, to bring from there the Ark of God, the LORD, who sits enthroned on the cherubim, and who is called the Name. ^{e13:6 The Heb. lacks the}ISV — 1Chronicles 13:6

7 They mounted the Ark of God on a new cart, bringing it from Abinadab’s home, with Uzzah and Ahio driving the cart.ISV — 1Chronicles 13:7

8 David and all of Israel were dancing in the presence of God with all of their ^{f13:8 The Heb. lacks their} might with songs, ^{g13:8 Cf. 2Sam 6:5, where MT letters of the word song may be transposed as MT word cypress} harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.ISV — 1Chronicles 13:8

9 As they approached Chidon’s threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to steady the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.ISV — 1Chronicles 13:9

10 Just then, the anger of the LORD blazed against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark, and he died right there in the presence of God.ISV — 1Chronicles 13:10

11 David flew into a rage because the LORD had killed ^{h13:11 Or had burst out against} Uzzah. As a result, that place was called Perez-uzzah ^{i13:11 The Heb. name Perez-uzzah means Overwhelming Uzzah; cf. 2Sam 5:20, 6:8} to this day.ISV — 1Chronicles 13:11

12 But David feared God that day, and asked “How am I to bring the Ark of God to me?”ISV — 1Chronicles 13:12

13 As a result, David would not take the ark into the City of David for it to be in his care. Instead, he took it to the home of Obed-edom the Gittite.ISV — 1Chronicles 13:13

14 So the Ark of God remained in the care of Obed-edom’s household for three months, and God blessed Obed-edom’s household, along with everyone associated with it.ISV — 1Chronicles 13:14