4. They brought it with the ark of God up from the house of Abinadab on the hill. Ahio was walking in front of the ark,
5. while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before the Lord, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.
6. When they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and grabbed hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled.
7. The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him on the spot for his negligence. He died right there beside the ark of God.
8. David was angry because the Lord attacked Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, which remains its name to this very day.
9. David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, “How will the ark of the Lord ever come to me?”
10. So David was no longer willing to bring the ark of the Lord to be with him in the City of David. David left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
11. The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months. The Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his family.