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.
12. David was told, “The Lord has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything he owns because of the ark of God.” So David went and joyfully brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David.
13. Those who carried the ark of the Lord took six steps and then David sacrificed an ox and a fatling calf.