9. David was afraid of the Lord and thought, “Should I really take the sacred chest to my city?”
10. He decided not to take it there. Instead, he turned off the road and took it to the home of Obed-Edom, who was from Gath.
11-12. The chest stayed there for three months, and the Lord greatly blessed Obed-Edom, his family, and everything he owned. Then someone told King David, “The Lord has done this because the sacred chest is in Obed-Edom's house.”Straight away, David went to Obed-Edom's house to get the chest and bring it to David's City. Everyone was celebrating.
13. The people carrying the chest walked six steps, then David sacrificed an ox and a choice cow.
14. He was dancing for the Lord with all his might, but he wore only a linen cloth.
15. He and everyone else were celebrating by shouting and blowing horns while the chest was being carried along.
16. Saul's daughter Michal looked out of her window and watched the chest being brought into David's City. But when she saw David jumping and dancing for the Lord, she was disgusted.
17. They put the chest inside a tent that David had set up for it. David worshipped the Lord by sacrificing animals and burning them on an altar,
18. then he blessed the people in the name of the Lord All-Powerful.