2 Samuel 6

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1. 1Once more, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
2. 2Then David and all his men set out from Baale of Judah to bring back the ark of God — the ark that bears the name of the LORD of hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim.
3. 3They loaded God's ark onto a new cart and brought it out of Abinadab's house on the hill. Abinadab's sons, Uzzah and Ahio, drove the new cart.
4. 4They brought it out from Abinadab's house on the hill, walking alongside God's ark, with Ahio going ahead of it.
5. 5David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all kinds of instruments made of fir wood, including harps, lyres, tambourines, cornets, and cymbals.
6. 6When they reached Nachon's threshing floor, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God because the oxen shook it.
7. 7The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down right there for his error. He died beside the ark of God.
8. 8David was upset that the LORD had struck Uzzah down, and he named that place Perezuzzah — a name it still carries today.
9. 9David was afraid of the LORD that day and said, "How can I possibly bring the ark of the LORD to me?"
10. 10So David decided not to bring the LORD's ark into the city of David. Instead, he had it taken to the house of Obededom the Gittite.
11. 11The ark of the LORD stayed at Obededom the Gittite's house for 3 months, and the LORD blessed Obededom and his entire household.
12. 12When David heard that the LORD had blessed Obededom's household and everything he owned because of God's ark, he went and brought the ark of God up from Obededom's house into the city of David with great celebration.
13. 13After the men carrying the LORD's ark had taken 6 steps, David sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
14. 14David danced before the LORD with all his might, wearing a linen ephod.
15. 15David and all the people of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouts of joy and the sound of trumpets.
16. 16As the ark of the LORD entered the city of David, Michal — Saul's daughter — watched from a window. She saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
17. 17They brought the LORD's ark inside and placed it in the center of the tent David had set up for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
18. 18When David had finished presenting the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
19. 19He gave every person in the crowd—men and women alike—a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a flagon of wine. Then everyone went home.
20. 20Then David returned to bless his household. Michal, the daughter of Saul, came out to meet David and said, "How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the sight of the female servants of his servants, like one of the worthless men who shamelessly uncovers himself!"
21. 21David said to Michal, "It was before the LORD, who chose me over your father and his entire family to be ruler over the LORD's people, Israel. Therefore, I will play before the LORD."
22. 22I'll humble myself even more than this. I may look foolish in my own eyes, but those servant girls you mentioned — they will honor me."
23. 23Michal, the daughter of Saul, had no child until the day of her death.