5. David and all the people of Israel were celebrating before the lord, singing songs and playing all kinds of musical instruments—lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals.
6. But when they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out his hand and steadied the Ark of God.
7. Then the lord’s anger was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him dead because of this. So Uzzah died right there beside the Ark of God.
8. David was angry because the lord’s anger had burst out against Uzzah. He named that place Perez-uzzah (which means “to burst out against Uzzah”), as it is still called today.
9. David was now afraid of the lord, and he asked, “How can I ever bring the Ark of the lord back into my care?”
10. So David decided not to move the Ark of the lord into the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.