Uzzah and the Ark

2 Samuel 6

5 And David and all the house of Israel were making merry before the Lord, with z songs 1 and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals. 6 And when they came to the threshing floor of a Nacon, Uzzah b put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. 7 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and c God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God. 8 And David was angry because the Lord had burst forth against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzzah, 2 to this day. 9 And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and he said, "How can the ark of the Lord come to me?" 10 So David was not willing to take the ark of the Lord into the city of David. But David took it aside d to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 11 And the ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months, e and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and all his household.

12 And it was told King David, "The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." f So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom g to the city of David with rejoicing. 13 And when h those who bore the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, i he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal. 14 And David j danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was k wearing a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the horn.

  1. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 13:8
    And David and all Israel were rejoicing before God with all their might, with song and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.
    Psalms 150:3 - 5
    Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!
  2. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 13:9
    And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah put out his hand to take hold of the ark, for the oxen stumbled.
  3. Cross References
    Numbers 4:15
    And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.
    1 Chronicles 15:2
    Then David said that no one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord had chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister to him forever.
  4. Cross References
    1 Samuel 6:19
    And he struck some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked upon the ark of the Lord. He struck seventy men of them, and the people mourned because the Lord had struck the people with a great blow.
  5. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 15:25
    So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-edom with rejoicing.
  6. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 26:5
    Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth, for God blessed him.
  7. Cross References
    2 Samuel 6:12 - 19
    And it was told King David, "The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing.
    1 Chronicles 15:25 - 16:3
    So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-edom with rejoicing.
  8. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:1
    Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' houses of the people of Israel, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.
  9. Cross References
    Numbers 4:15
    And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.
    Numbers 7:9
    But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because they were charged with the service of the holy things that had to be carried on the shoulder.
    Joshua 3:3
    And commanded the people, "As soon as you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by the Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place and follow it.
    1 Chronicles 15:2
    Then David said that no one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord had chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister to him forever.
    1 Chronicles 15:15
    And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord.
  10. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:5
    And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 15:20
    Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.
    Psalms 30:11
    You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.
    Psalms 150:4
    Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!
  12. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:18
    Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy clothed with a linen ephod.
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