The Ark Brought from Kirjath Jearim
1 Then David consulted with the acaptains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
2 And David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if it is of the Lord our God, let us send out to our brethren everywhere who are aleft in all the land of Israel, and with them to the priests and Levites who are in their cities and their common-lands, that they may gather together to us;
3 and let us bring the ark of our God back to us, afor we have not inquired at it since the days of Saul.”
4 Then all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
5 So aDavid gathered all Israel together, from bShihor in Egypt to as far as the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God cfrom Kirjath Jearim.
6 And David and all Israel went up to aBaalah, to Kirjath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, bwho dwells between the cherubim, where His name is proclaimed.
7 So they1 carried the ark of God aon a new cart bfrom the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
8 Then aDavid and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with1 singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets.
9 And when they came to1 Chidon’s threshing floor, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen2 stumbled.
10 Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzza, and He struck him abecause he put his hand to the ark; and he bdied there before God.
11 And David became angry because of the Lord’s outbreak against Uzza; therefore that place is called1 Perez Uzza to this day.
12 David was afraid of God that day, saying, “How can I bring the ark of God to me?”
13 So David would not move the ark with him into the City of David, but took it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
14 aThe ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house three months. And the Lord blessed bthe house of Obed-Edom and all that he had.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Adam Clarke for 1 Chronicles 13:1.
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