2 Samuel 6:5-15 - Uzzah And 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.

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. ¹⁴ Now David, wearing a linen ephod, was dancing with all his strength before the Lord. ¹⁵ David and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord, shouting and blowing trumpets.