8. David was angry because of the Lord’s outburst against Uzzah, so he named that place an Outburst Against Uzzah, as it is today.
9. David feared the Lord that day and said, “How can the ark of the Lord ever come to me? ”
10. So he was not willing to move the ark of the Lord to the city of David; instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
11. The ark of the Lord remained in his house three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and his whole family.
12. It was reported to King David: “The Lord has blessed Obed-edom’s family and all that belongs to him because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from Obed-edom’s house to the city of David with rejoicing.
13. When those carrying the ark of the Lord advanced six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
14. David was dancing with all his might before the Lord wearing a linen ephod.
15. He and the whole house of Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of the ram’s horn.
16. As the ark of the Lord was entering the city of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart.
17. They brought the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent David had set up for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings in the Lord’s presence.