1Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.stylus2 Chronicles 29:20, 1 Chronicles 12:20, 2 Chronicles 34:29, 2 Chronicles 34:30, 2 Kings 23:12And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.stylus1 Samuel 31:1, 1 Samuel 31:1, 2 Kings 9:15, Numbers 4:4, Numbers 4:203Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”stylus1 Samuel 7:1, 1 Samuel 7:2, 1 Samuel 7:1, 1 Samuel 7:2, 1 Samuel 23:24And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.stylus2 Samuel 3:36, Esther 8:5, 2 Chronicles 30:4, 1 Samuel 18:20, 2 Samuel 3:365So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.stylus1 Samuel 6:21, 1 Samuel 7:1, 1 Samuel 6:21, 1 Samuel 7:1, 2 Samuel 6:16David and all Israel went up to Baalah of Judah (that is, Kiriath-jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim—the ark that is called by the Name.stylusJoshua 15:9, Joshua 15:9, 2 Kings 19:15, Exodus 25:22, 2 Kings 19:157So they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.stylusNumbers 4:15, Numbers 4:15, 2 Samuel 6:3, 1 Chronicles 15:13, 1 Samuel 6:78David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.stylusPsalms 150:3, Psalms 150:5, Psalms 150:3, Psalms 150:5, 1 Chronicles 15:109When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.stylus2 Samuel 6:6, 2 Samuel 6:610And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and He struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.stylus1 Chronicles 15:15, 1 Chronicles 15:15, 1 Chronicles 15:13, 1 Chronicles 15:13, Numbers 4:1511Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.stylus2 Samuel 6:7, 2 Samuel 6:7, Jonah 4:4, Genesis 32:32, Jonah 4:912That day David feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?”stylusPsalms 119:120, Psalms 119:120, Job 25:5, Job 25:6, 1 Kings 8:2713So he did not move the ark with him to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.stylus1 Chronicles 15:18, 1 Chronicles 26:4, 1 Chronicles 15:18, 1 Chronicles 26:4, 2 Samuel 6:1014Thus the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house for three months, and the LORD blessed his household and everything he owned.stylus1 Chronicles 26:4, 1 Chronicles 26:5, 1 Chronicles 26:4, 1 Chronicles 26:5, Proverbs 10:22