2 Samuel 6
1 Again,
David gathered
together all the
chosen men of
Israel, thirty thousand. 2 And
David arose, and
went with all the
people that were with him from Baale of
Judah, to bring
up from thence the
ark of
God, whose
name is
called by the
name of the
LORD of
hosts that
dwelleth between the
cherubims. 3 And they
set the
ark of
God upon a
new cart, and
brought it out of the
house of
Abinadab that was in
Gibeah: and
Uzzah and
Ahio, the
sons of
Abinadab, drave the
new cart. 4 And they
brought it out of the
house of
Abinadab which was at
Gibeah, accompanying the
ark of
God: and
Ahio went before the
ark. 5 And
David and all the
house of
Israel played before the
LORD on all manner of instruments made of
fir wood, even on
harps, and on
psalteries, and on
timbrels, and on
cornets, and on
cymbals. 6 And when they
came to
Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put
forth his hand to the
ark of
God, and took
hold of it; for the
oxen shook it.
7 And the
anger of the
LORD was
kindled against
Uzzah; and
God smote him there for his
error; and there he
died by the
ark of
God. 8 And
David was
displeased, because the
LORD had
made a
breach upon
Uzzah: and he
called the name of the
place Perezuzzah to this
day. 9 And
David was
afraid of the
LORD that
day, and
said, How shall the
ark of the
LORD come to me?
10 So
David would not
remove the
ark of the
LORD unto him into the
city of
David: but
David carried it
aside into the
house of
Obededom the
Gittite. 11 And the
ark of the
LORD continued in the
house of
Obededom the
Gittite three months: and the
LORD blessed Obededom, and all his
household. 12 And it was
told king David, saying, The
LORD hath
blessed the
house of
Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the
ark of
God. So
David went and brought
up the
ark of
God from the
house of
Obededom into the
city of
David with
gladness. 13 And it was so, that when they that
bare the
ark of the
LORD had
gone six paces, he
sacrificed oxen and
fatlings. 14 And
David danced before the
LORD with all his
might; and
David was
girded with a
linen ephod. 15 So
David and all the
house of
Israel brought
up the
ark of the
LORD with
shouting, and with the
sound of the
trumpet. 16 And as the
ark of the
LORD came into the
city of
David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a
window, and
saw king David leaping and
dancing before the
LORD; and she
despised him in her
heart. 17 And they
brought in the
ark of the
LORD, and
set it in his
place, in the
midst of the
tabernacle that
David had
pitched for it: and
David offered burnt
offerings and peace
offerings before the
LORD. 18 And as soon as
David had made an
end of
offering burnt
offerings and peace
offerings, he
blessed the
people in the
name of the
LORD of
hosts. 19 And he
dealt among all the
people, even among the whole
multitude of
Israel, as well to the
women as
men, to every
one a cake of
bread, and a good
piece of flesh, and a
flagon of wine. So all the
people departed every
one to his
house. 20 Then
David returned to
bless his
household. And
Michal the
daughter of
Saul came
out to
meet David, and
said, How
glorious was the
king of
Israel to
day, who
uncovered himself to
day in the
eyes of the
handmaids of his
servants, as
one of the vain
fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
21 And
David said unto
Michal, It was
before the
LORD, which
chose me before thy
father, and before all his
house, to
appoint me
ruler over the
people of the
LORD, over
Israel: therefore will I
play before the
LORD. 22 And I will yet be more
vile than
thus, and will be
base in mine own
sight: and of the
maidservants which thou hast
spoken of, of them shall I be had in
honour.
23 Therefore
Michal the
daughter of
Saul had no
child unto the
day of her
death.