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2 Samuel 6:1-23 — The Ark Brought to Jerusalem

2Sam.6.1-23

¹David again assembled all the selected men of Israel, thirty thousand. ²Then David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale-judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name, the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned above the cherubim. ³They set the ark of God on a new cart and carried it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart. ⁴They carried it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill, with the ark of God, and Ahio was walking in front of the ark. ⁵David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of cypress-wood instruments, and with lyres, harps, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals. ⁶When they came to Nacon's threshing floor, Uzzah reached out to the ark of God and took hold of it, because the oxen stumbled. ⁷The anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his irreverence , and he died there beside the ark of God. ⁸David was angry because the LORD had broken out against Uzzah, and he called that place Perez-uzzah to this day. ⁹David feared the LORD that day, and he said, “How can the ark of the LORD come to me?” ¹⁰So David was unwilling to bring the ark of the LORD to himself into the City of David. Instead, David turned it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. ¹¹The 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. ¹²Then it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him 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 rejoicing. ¹³And when those carrying the ark of the LORD had gone six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf. ¹⁴David was dancing with all his might before the LORD, and David was wearing a linen ephod . ¹⁵So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the ram's horn. ¹⁶As the ark of the LORD came into the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul looked out through the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart. ¹⁷They brought in the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. ¹⁸When David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts. ¹⁹He distributed to all the people, to the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, to each person a loaf of bread, one portion of meat , and one raisin cake. Then all the people departed, each to his own house. ²⁰Then David returned to bless his household. But Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, “How honored the king of Israel was today, uncovering himself today in the sight of the servant girls of his servants, as one of the vulgar men shamelessly uncovers himself!” ²¹David said to Michal, “It was before the LORD, who chose me instead of your father and instead of all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel. And I celebrated before the LORD.” ²²And I will make myself even more contemptible than this, and I will be lowly in my own eyes. But among the servant girls of whom you have spoken, among them I will be honored." ²³And Michal daughter of Saul had no child until the day of her death.

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4/11/2026

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