⁷ They transported the ark of God on a new cart from the house of Abinadab; Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart, ⁸ while David and all Israel were energetically^[a] celebrating before God, singing and playing various stringed instruments,^[b] tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. ⁹ When they arrived at the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to take hold of^[c] the ark, because the oxen stumbled.