David Fetches the Ark (2 Samuel 6:1–4)
1 AKJV And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. BSB BSB: Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds.
2 AKJV And David said to all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good to you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad to our brothers every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves to us: BSB BSB: And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.
3 AKJV And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul. BSB BSB: Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”
4 AKJV And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. BSB BSB: And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.
5 AKJV So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even to the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim. BSB BSB: So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
6 AKJV And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up there the ark of God the LORD, that dwells between the cherubim, whose name is called on it. BSB BSB: David and all Israel went up to Baalah of Judah (that is, Kiriath-jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim—the ark that is called by the Name.
7 AKJV And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart. BSB BSB: So they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.
Uzzah Touches the Ark (2 Samuel 6:5–11)
8 AKJV And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with tambourines, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. BSB BSB: David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
9 AKJV And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. BSB BSB: When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.
11 AKJV And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach on Uzza: why that place is called Perezuzza to this day. BSB BSB: Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. So he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.
12 AKJV And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? BSB BSB: That day David feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”
13 AKJV So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. BSB BSB: So he did not move the ark with him to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
14 AKJV And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had. BSB BSB: Thus the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house for three months, and the LORD blessed his household and everything he owned.
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