So they [a]carried the ark of God (A)on a new cart (B)from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart. Then (C)David and all Israel played music before God with all their might, with [b]singing, on harps, on stringed instruments, on tambourines, on cymbals, and with trumpets.

And when they came to [c]Chidon’s threshing floor, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen [d]stumbled.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 13:7 Lit. caused the ark of God to ride
  2. 1 Chronicles 13:8 songs
  3. 1 Chronicles 13:9 Nachon, 2 Sam. 6:6
  4. 1 Chronicles 13:9 Or let it go off

They moved the ark of God from Abinadab’s(A) house on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding it. David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might before God, with songs and with harps, lyres, timbrels, cymbals and trumpets.(B)

When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the ark, because the oxen stumbled.

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