2Samuel:6

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* David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel , thirty thousand . * And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Ba 'ale-judah , to bring up from there the ark of God , which is called by the name of the LORD of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim . * And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart , and brought it out of the house of Abin 'adab which was on the hill ; and Uzzah and Ahi 'o , the sons of Abin 'adab , were driving the new cart * with the ark of God ; and Ahi 'o went before the ark . * And David and all the house of Israel were making merry before the LORD with all their might , with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals . * And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon , Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it , for the oxen stumbled . * And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah ; and God smote him there because he put forth his hand to the ark ; and he died there beside the ark of God . * And David was angry because the LORD had broken forth upon Uzzah ; and that place is called Pe 'rez-uz 'zah , to this day . * And David was afraid of the LORD that day ; and he said , "How can the ark of the LORD come to me ?" * So David was not willing to take the ark of the LORD into the city of David ; but David took it aside to the house of O 'bed-e 'dom the Gittite . * And the ark of the LORD remained in the house of O 'bed-e 'dom the Gittite three months ; and the LORD blessed O 'bed-e 'dom and all his household . * And it was told King David , "The LORD has blessed the household of O 'bed-e 'dom 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 O 'bed-e 'dom to the city of David with rejoicing ; * and when those who bore the ark of the LORD had gone six paces , he sacrificed an ox and a fatling . * And David danced before the LORD with all his might ; and David was girded with a linen ephod . * 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 leaping and dancing before the LORD ; and she despised him in her heart . * And they brought in the ark of the LORD , and set it in its place , inside the tent which David had pitched for it ; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD . * And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings , he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts , * and distributed among all the people , the whole multitude of Israel , both men and women , to each a cake of bread , a portion of meat , and a cake of raisins . Then all the people departed , each to his house . * And David returned to bless his household . But Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David , and said , "How the king of Israel honored himself today , uncovering himself today before the eyes of his servants ' maids , as one of the vulgar fellows shamelessly uncovers himself !" * And David said to Michal , "It was before the LORD , who chose me above your father , and above all his house , to appoint me as prince over Israel , the people of the LORD--and I will make merry before the LORD . * I will make myself yet more contemptible than this , and I will be abased in your eyes ; but by the maids of whom you have spoken , by them I shall be held in honor ." * And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death .

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