And again David went on gathering all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from the cities of the House of Judah, to bring up from there the ark of the LORD which is called by the Name, the Name of the LORD Sebaoth, whose Presence dwells above the cherubim.

And they carried the ark of the LORD upon a new cart, and carried it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were leading the new cart.

They carried it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. They were going along with the ark of the LORD, that is, Ahio was walking before the ark.

And David and all the House of Israel were praising before the LORD with all kinds of wooden [instruments] of juniper trees, with lyres, harps, tambourines, sistras, and cymbals.

And when they came to a fixed place, Uzzah stretched out his hand to the ark of the LORD and took hold of it, for the oxen pushed it off.

And the anger of the LORD was strong against Uzzah. And the speech of the LORD struck him down because he erred, so that he died there beside the ark of the LORD.

And David was strongly moved because the LORD had broken out upon Uzzah. And he called that place “The Place where Uzzah died”, to this day.

And David was afraid before the LORD that day, and he said, “How can the ark of the LORD come to me?”

So David was not willing to turn the ark of the LORD to the city of David, but David turned it to the house of Obed edom the Gittite.

And the ark of the LORD stayed in the house of Obed edom the Gittite three months. And the LORD blessed Obed edom and all his house.

And it was told King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of the LORD.” So David went and brought up the ark of the LORD from the house of Obed edom to the city of David with rejoicing.

And when the bearers of the ark had borne it six paces, he slaughtered an ox and a fatling.

And David praised before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen sleeved tunic.

So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the horn.

As the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window, and saw King David dancing and praising before the LORD. And she despised him in her heart.

And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it up in its place, inside the tent which David had pitched for it. And David brought up burnt offerings and slaughterings of holy things.

And when David had finished bringing up the burnt offerings and the slaughterings of holy things, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD Sebaoth.

He shared among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both men and women, to each one cake of bread, one share and one portion. And all the people went each to his house.

And David returned to bless the people of his house. But Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, “How the king of Israel honoured himself today, exposing himself today before the eyes of his servants’ handmaids, as one of the immoral people who strips and exposes himself.”

And David said to Michal, “Before the LORD, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to command me to be king over the people of the LORD, over Israel – I praised before the LORD.

I am yet smaller than that and I will be lower in the sight of my own soul from now on, but by the maids of whom you have spoken – in their sight I will be honoured.”

And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.