When they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and grabbed hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled.

David replied to him, "How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the Lord's anointed?"

Then King David reached Bahurim. There a man from Saul's extended family named Shimei son of Gera came out, yelling curses as he approached.

While they were still on their way, the following report reached David: "Absalom has killed all the king's sons; not one of them is left!"

When David reached the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Arkite met him with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.

They took Asahel's body and buried him in his father's tomb at Bethlehem. Joab and his men then traveled all that night and reached Hebron by dawn.

He reached down from above and grabbed me; he pulled me from the surging water.