6. As they came to the threshing place of Nacon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out and took hold of the Covenant Box.
7. At once the Lord God became angry with Uzzah and killed him because of his irreverence. Uzzah died there beside the Covenant Box,
8. and so that place has been called Perez Uzzah ever since. David was furious because the Lord had punished Uzzah in anger.
9. Then David was afraid of the Lord and said, “How can I take the Covenant Box with me now?”
10. So he decided not to take it with him to Jerusalem; instead, he turned off the road and took it to the house of Obed Edom, a native of the city of Gath.
11. It stayed there three months, and the Lord blessed Obed Edom and his family.
12. King David heard that because of the Covenant Box the Lord had blessed Obed Edom's family and all that he had; so he fetched the Covenant Box from Obed's house to take it to Jerusalem with a great celebration.
13. After the men carrying the Covenant Box had gone six steps, David made them stop while he offered the Lord a sacrifice of a bull and a fattened calf.
14. David, wearing only a linen cloth round his waist, danced with all his might to honour the Lord.