2 Samuel 6

VIN(i) 1 David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 Then David and all the people with him set out from Baale-judah to bring up from there the ark of God, who is called the Name, the name of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, and who is enthroned on the cherubim. 3 They set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart. 4 with the ark of God; and Uzzah and Ahio were walking in front of and by the side of the ark. 5 David and all the Israelites danced and sang with all their might to honor the LORD. They played harps, lyres, drums, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals. 6 When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzza reached out to the ark of God and took hold of it, because the oxen had stumbled. 7 the LORD's anger burned against Uzzah; and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by God's ark. 8 David was angry because the LORD had burst out against Uzza, and he called that place Perez-Uzza until this day. 9 David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, How can the ark of the LORD come to me? 10 So David would not move the ark of the LORD to be with him in the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. 11 So the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months, and the LORD blessed Obed-Edom and all his household. 12 It was told to King David, "the LORD has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and all that is his because of the ark of God." So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the city of David with jubilation. 13 After those who were carrying the ark of the LORD had taken six steps, he sacrificed oxen and fattened animals, 14 And David, clothed in a linen ephod, was dancing before the Lord with all his strength. 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 the daughter of Saul looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. 17 They brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. 18 David finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and the fellowship offerings. Then he blessed the people in the name of the LORD Almighty. 19 He also distributed to all the people, to the whole crowd of Israelites, men and women, one loaf of bread, one date cake, and one raisin cake. Then all the people went home. 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 today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants as on 21 And David said to Michal, It was before the LORD, who chose me rather than thy father, and than all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel; and I played before the LORD. 22 And I will be yet more vile than this and will be humble in my own sight, but of the handmaids of whom you have spoken, of them I will be had in honor. 23 And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.