1 Chronicles 12:38-13:8

English Standard Version

³⁸ All these, men of war, arrayed in battle order, came to Hebron with ^(A)a whole heart to make David king over all Israel. Likewise, all the rest of Israel were of a ^(B)single mind to make David king. ³⁹ And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brothers had made preparation for them. ⁴⁰ And also their relatives, from as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, came bringing food on donkeys and on camels and on mules and on oxen, abundant provisions of flour, ^(C)cakes of figs, clusters of raisins, and wine and oil, oxen and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.

The Ark Brought from Kiriath-Jearim

13 David consulted with the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with every leader. ² And David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you and from the Lord our God, let us send abroad to our brothers ^(D)who remain in all the lands of Israel, as well as to the priests and Levites in the cities that have pasturelands, that they may be gathered to us. ³ Then let us bring again the ark of our God to us, ^(E)for we did not seek it^[a] in the days of Saul.” ⁴ All the assembly agreed to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

Uzzah and the Ark

^5 (F)So David assembled all Israel ^(G)from the ^(H)Nile^[b] of Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God ^(I)from Kiriath-jearim. ^6 (J)And David and all Israel went up to ^(K)Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim that belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord who ^(L)sits enthroned above the cherubim. ⁷ And they carried the ark of God on a new cart, from the house of ^(M)Abinadab, and Uzzah and Ahio^[c] were driving the cart. ⁸ And David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, with song and ^(N)lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.