Thomson(i)
1 When David had consulted with the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, under every leader,
2 he said to the whole congregation of Israel, If it seemeth good and be countenanced by the Lord our God, let us send to the rest of our brethren who are left in all the land of Israel, and with them let the priests, the Levites in the cities of their possession be assembled with us;
3 and let us bring the ark of our God to us. For they had not sought it from the days of Saul.
4 Thereupon the whole congregation gave orders to do so; for the proposal was right in the eyes of all the people.
5 Accordingly, David assembled all Israel from the border of Egypt to the bay of Emath, to bring the ark of God from the city Iarim,
6 and David brought it up. Now when all Israel came to the city Iarim which belonged to Juda, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lord, enthroned on cherubim whose name was invoked,
7 they put the ark of God on a new cart. And from the house of Aminadab, Oza and his brothers guided the cart,
8 while David and all Israel were playing with all their might before God, on psalteries and kinyras and nablas and tympanums and cymbals and trumpets.
9 But when they came to the threshing floor, Oza stretched forth his hand to take hold of the ark, because the bullock caused it to lean:
10 whereupon the anger of the Lord was kindled against Oza, and he smote him there, because he stretched forth his hand upon the ark, and he died there before God.
11 And David was disheartened because the Lord had made a breach on Oza, and called that place, Breach of Oza, which is still its name.
12 And David was that day afraid of God and said, How can I bring the ark of God home to me?
13 So David did not bring the ark of God home to himself, to the city of David, but caused it to turn aside to the house of Abeddara, the Gethite.
14 And the ark of God abode in the house of Abeddara three months, and God blessed Abeddara and all that belonged to him.