1 And David got together all the fighting-men of Israel to the number of thirty thousand;
2 And David, and all the people who were with him, went to Baal of Judah to get the ark of God, over which the holy name is named, the name of the Lord of armies, whose place is between the winged ones.
3 And they put the ark of God on a new cart and took it out of the house of Abinadab which was on the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were the drivers of the cart.
4 And Uzzah went by the side of the ark, while Ahio went before it.
5 And David and all the men of Israel made melody before the Lord with all their power, with songs and with corded instruments and instruments of brass.
6 And when they came to Nacon's grain-floor, Uzzah put his hand on the ark of God to keep it safe in its place, for the oxen were out of control.
7 And the wrath of the Lord, burning against Uzzah, sent destruction on him because he had put his hand on the ark, and death came to him there by the ark of God.
8 And David was angry because of the Lord's outburst of wrath against Uzzah: and he gave that place the name Perez-uzzah, which is its name to this day.
9 And such was David's fear of the Lord that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?
10 So David did not let the ark of the Lord come back to him to the town of David: but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
11 And the ark of the Lord was in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months: and the Lord sent a blessing on Obed-edom and all his family.
12 And they said to King David, The blessing of the Lord is on the family of Obed-edom and on all he has, because of the ark of God. And David went and took the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the town of David with joy.
13 And when those who were lifting the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, he made an offering of an ox and a fat young beast.
14 And David, clothed in a linen ephod, was dancing before the Lord with all his strength.
15 So David and all the men of Israel took up the ark of the Lord with cries of joy and sounding of horns.
16 And when the ark of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and jumping before the Lord; and to her mind he seemed foolish.
17 And they took in the ark of the Lord, and put it in its place inside the tent which David had put up for it: and David made burned offerings and peace-offerings to the Lord.
18 And after David had made the burned offerings and the peace-offerings, he gave the people a blessing in the name of the Lord of armies.
19 And he gave to every man and woman among all the people, among all the masses of Israel, a cake of bread and a measure of wine and a cake of dry grapes. Then all the people went away, every man to his house.
20 Then David came back to give a blessing to his family. And Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to him and said, How full of glory was the king of Israel today, who let himself be seen uncovered by his servant-girls like a foolish person uncovering himself without shame!
21 And David said to Michal, I was dancing before the Lord, who put me over your father and all his sons, to make me a ruler over the people of the Lord, over his people Israel: and I will go on playing before the Lord;
22 And I will do even worse than this, and make myself even lower in your eyes: but the servant-girls of whom you were talking will give me honour.
23 And Michal, Saul's daughter, had no child till the day of her death.
1 De novo Davi reuniu os melhores guerreiros de Israel, trinta mil ao todo.
2 Ele e todos os que o acompanhavam partiram para Baalim, em Judá, para buscar a arca de Deus, arca sobre a qual é invocado o nome do Senhor dos Exércitos, entronizado entre os querubins acima dela.
3 Puseram a arca de Deus num carroção novo e a levaram da casa de Abinadabe, na colina. Uzá e Aiô, filhos de Abinadabe, conduziam o carroção
4 com a arca de Deus; e Aiô andava na frente dela.
5 Davi e todos os israelitas iam cantando e dançando perante o Senhor, ao som de todo o tipo de instrumentos de pinho, harpas, liras, tamborins, chocalhos e címbalos.
6 Quando chegaram à eira de Nacom, Uzá esticou o braço e segurou a arca de Deus, porque os bois haviam tropeçado.
7 A ira do Senhor acendeu-se contra Uzá por seu ato de irreverência. Por isso Deus o feriu, e ele morreu ali mesmo, ao lado da arca de Deus.
8 Davi ficou contrariado porque o Senhor, em sua ira, havia fulminado Uzá. Até hoje aquele lugar é chamado Perez-Uzá.
9 Naquele dia, Davi teve medo do Senhor e se perguntou: "Como vou conseguir levar a arca do Senhor? "
10 Por isso ele desistiu de levar a arca do Senhor para a cidade de Davi. Em vez disso, levou-a para a casa de Obede-Edom, de Gate.
11 A arca do Senhor ficou na casa dele por três meses, e o Senhor o abençoou e a toda a sua família.
12 E disseram ao rei Davi: "O Senhor tem abençoado a família de Obede-Edom e tudo o que ele possui, por causa da arca de Deus". Então Davi, com grande festa, foi à casa de Obede-Edom e ordenou que levassem a arca de Deus para a cidade de Davi.
13 Quando os que carregavam a arca do Senhor davam seis passos, ele sacrificava um boi e um novilho gordo.
14 Davi, vestindo o colete sacerdotal de linho, foi dançando com todas as suas forças perante o Senhor,
15 enquanto ele e todos os israelitas levavam a arca do Senhor ao som de gritos de alegria e de trombetas.
16 Aconteceu que, entrando a arca do Senhor na cidade de Davi, Mical, filha de Saul, observava de uma janela. E, ao ver o rei Davi dançando e comemorando perante o Senhor, ela o desprezou em seu coração.
17 Eles trouxeram a arca do Senhor e a colocaram na tenda que Davi lhe havia preparado; e Davi ofereceu holocaustos e sacrifícios de comunhão perante o Senhor.
18 Após oferecer os holocaustos e os sacrifícios de comunhão, ele abençoou o povo em nome do Senhor dos Exércitos,
19 e deu um pão, um bolo de tâmaras e um bolo de uvas passas a cada homem e a cada mulher israelita. Então todo o povo partiu, cada um para a sua casa.
20 Voltando Davi para casa para abençoar sua família, Mical, filha de Saul, saiu ao seu encontro e lhe disse: "Como o rei de Israel se destacou hoje, tirando o manto na frente das escravas de seus servos, como um homem vulgar! "
21 Mas Davi disse a Mical: "Foi perante o Senhor que eu dancei, perante aquele que me escolheu em lugar de seu pai ou de qualquer outro da família dele, quando me designou soberano sobre o povo do Senhor, sobre Israel; perante o Senhor celebrarei
22 e me rebaixarei ainda mais, e me humilharei aos meus próprios olhos. Mas serei honrado por essas escravas que você mencionou".
23 E até o dia de sua morte, Mical, filha de Saul, jamais teve filhos.