2 Samuel 6

And David again gathered all of the chosen in Israel, 30,000.

And David arose and went, and all of the people who {were} with him, from Baalah of Judah to bring up from there the Box of God, whose name is called {by} the name of God of Armies, dweller of the cherubim upon it. \*

And they mounted the Box of God on a new cart, and they bore it from the house of Abinadab, which {was} on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart.

And they bore it from the house of Abinadab, which {was} on the hill, with the Box of God, and Ahio was walking to the face of the Box.

And David and all of the house of Israel were celebrating to the face of God with all woods of cypress and with lyres and with harps and with tambourines and with sistrums and with cymbals. \*

And they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, and Uzzah reached out to the Box of God and held it, for the oxen stumbled.

And the nose of God burned against Uzzah, and God struck him there for the fault. And he died there by the Box of God. \*

And it burned to David because God had broken out an outbreak against Uzzah. And he called that place Perez Uzzah, to this day. \*

And David feared God on that day, and he said, “How shall the Box of God come to me?” \*

And David was not willing to bring to himself the Box of God to the City of David. So David turned it aside {to} the house of Obed Edom the Gittite.

And the Box of God remained {in} the house of Obed Edom the Gittite three months. And God blessed Obed Edom and all of his house. \*

And it was declared to King David, saying, “God has blessed the house of Obed Edom and all who {are} to him for the sake of the Box of God.” So David went, and he brought up the Box of God from the house of Obed Edom {to} the City of David with joy.

And it happened, when the carriers of the Box of God had stepped six steps, that he sacrificed an ox and a fatling. \*

And David danced to the face of God with all of {his} strength. And David was girded {with} an ephod of linen.

And David and all of the house of Israel were bringing up the Box of God with shouting and with the sound of the shofar, \*

and the Box of God was entering the City of David. But Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down through a window, and she saw King David leaping and dancing to the face of God, and she despised him in her heart. \*

And they brought the Box of God, and they set it in its place in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it. And David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings to the face of God. \*

And David finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, and he blessed the people in the name of God of Armies.

And he distributed to all of the people, to all of the multitude of Israel, to man and to woman, to a man one cake of bread and one date cake and one raisin cake. And all of the people went, a man to his house. \*

Then David returned to bless his house. And Michal, the daughter of Saul, came out to meet David, and she said, “How the king of Israel honored himself today, who uncovered himself today to the eyes of the female servants of his servants, as uncovering himself, one of the worthless uncovers himself!” \*

But David said to Michal, “To the face of God, who chose me instead of your father and instead of all of his house to appoint me leader over the people of God, over Israel, yes, I celebrated to the face of God!

And I will humble myself more than this, and I will be lowly in my eyes. But with the female servants {about} whom you spoke, with them, I will be honored.” \*

And to Michal, the daughter of Saul, {there} was not a child to her to the day of her death. \*