2 Samuel 6:6-11

Names of God Bible

⁶ But when they came to Nacon’s threshing floor,^[a] the oxen stumbled. So Uzzah reached out for the ark of Elohim and grabbed it. ⁷ Yahweh became angry with Uzzah, so God killed him there for his lack of respect. He died beside the ark of Elohim.

⁸ David was angry because Yahweh had struck Uzzah so violently. (That place is still called Perez Uzzah [The Striking of Uzzah] today.) ⁹ David was afraid of Yahweh that day. “How can the ark of Yahweh come to my city?” he asked. ¹⁰ So David wouldn’t bring the ark of Yahweh with him to the City of David. Instead, he rerouted it to the home of Obed Edom, who was from Gath. ¹¹ The ark of Yahweh stayed at the home of Obed Edom from Gath for three months, and Yahweh blessed Obed Edom and his whole family.