- 1And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
- 2And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:
- 3And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.
- 4And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
- 5So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim.
- 6And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
- 7And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
- 8And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
- 9 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
- 10And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.
- 11And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.
- 12And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?
- 13So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
- 14And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.
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1 CHRONICLES 13
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1 Chronicles 13 — Israel joyfully brings the ark from Kirjath-jearim, but Uzza’s death brings fear and the journey stops at Obed-edom’s house.
About this illustration
The instant before Uzza’s death conveys the breach without showing a body or depicting God. The ark is rendered reverently, with the later successful procession reserved for chapter 15.
Scripture basis: 1 Chronicles 13:1–14King James Version · Standardized 1769 text with Strong’s numbering · Public domain outside the United Kingdom
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