2 Samuel 6

Dawud again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. ²Dawud arose, and went with all the people who were with him, from Baale Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name, even the name of Allah Lord of the universe who sits above the karubin. ³They set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart. ⁴They brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill, with the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark. ⁵Dawud and all the house of Israel played before Allah with all manner of instruments made of fir-wood, and with harps, lyres, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals. ⁶When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen stumbled. ⁷The anger of Allah was kindled against Uzzah; and God struck him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. ⁸Dawud was displeased, because Allah had broken forth on Uzzah; and he called that place Perez Uzzah, to this day. ⁹Dawud was afraid of Allah that day; and he said, How shall the ark of Allah come to me? ¹⁰So Dawud would not take the ark of Allah into the city of Dawud; but Dawud carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. ¹¹The ark of Allah remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and Allah blessed Obed-edom, and all his house. ¹²It was told king Dawud, saying, Allah has blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertains to him, because of the ark of God. Dawud went and brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of Dawud with joy. ¹³It was so, that, when those who bore the ark of Allah had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf. ¹⁴Dawud danced before Allah with all his might; and Dawud was wearing a linen ephod. ¹⁵So Dawud and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of Allah with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. ¹⁶As the ark of Allah came into the city of Dawud, Michal Bint Talut looked out the window, and saw king Dawud leaping and dancing before Allah; and she despised him in her heart. ¹⁷They brought in the ark of Allah, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that Dawud had pitched for it; and Dawud offered burnt offerings and peace-offerings before Allah. ¹⁸When Dawud had made an end of offering the burnt offering and the peace-offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Allah Lord of the universe. ¹⁹He dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to everyone a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed to their homes. ²⁰Then Dawud returned to bless his household. Michal Bint Talut came out to meet Dawud, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself in the sight of the slave girls of his servants, as any vulgar fellow shamelessly uncovers himself! ²¹Dawud said to Michal, It was before Allah, who chose me above your father, and above all his house, to appoint me prince over the people of Allah, over Israel: therefore I will celebrate before Allah. ²²I will be yet more vile than this, and will be humiliated in my own sight: but of the slave girls of whom you have spoken, they shall honour me. ²³Michal Bint Talut had no child to the day of her death.