| Chapter
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 cherubim. |
| 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 honor. |
| 23
| Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her
death. |
