1. After David had taken counsel with his commanders of thousands and of hundreds, that is, with every leader,
2. he said to the whole assembly of Israel: “If it seems good to you, and is so decreed by the Lord our God, let us send to the rest of our kindred from all the districts of Israel, and also the priests and the Levites from their cities with pasture lands, that they may join us;
3. and let us bring the ark of our God here among us, for in the days of Saul we did not consult it.”
4. And the whole assembly agreed to do it, for it seemed right in the eyes of all the people.
5. Then David assembled all Israel, from Shihor of Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
6. David and all Israel went up to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim, of Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which was known by the name “Lord enthroned upon the cherubim.”
7. They transported the ark of God on a new cart from the house of Abinadab; Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart,
8. while David and all Israel danced before God with all their might, with singing, and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.