1 Tornou Davi a ajuntar todos os escolhidos de Israel, em número de trinta mil.

2 Levantou-se e partiu com todo o povo que estava com ele de Baalim de Judá, para fazerem subir de lá a arca de Deus, a qual é chamada pelo nome de Jeová dos exércitos, que se assenta sobre os querubins.

3 Puseram a arca de Deus sobre um carro novo, e levaram-na da casa de Abinadabe, que estava sobre o outeiro; Uzá e Aiô, filhos de Abinadabe, guiavam o carro novo.

4 Levaram-no com a arca de Deus, da casa de Abinadabe, que estava sobre o outeiro; e Aiô ia adiante da arca.

5 Davi e toda a casa de Israel dançavam diante de Jeová com todas as suas forças, com cânticos, e ao som de harpas, e saltérios, e tambores, e pandeiros, e címbalos.

6 Quando chegaram à eira de Nacom, lançou Uzá a mão à arca de Deus, e pegou nela, porque os bois tropeçaram.

7 A ira de Jeová se acendeu contra Uzá, e Deus o feriu ali pela sua temeridade. Uzá ali morreu junto à arca de Deus.

8 Desgostou-se Davi, porque Jeová ferira a Uzá. Ficou-se chamando aquele lugar Peres-Uzá até o dia de hoje.

9 Davi teve medo de Jeová naquele dia, e disse: Como virá a mim a arca de Jeová?

10 Não quis Davi remover a arca de Jeová para junto de si na cidade de Davi, mas fê-la entrar na casa de Obede-Edom de Gete.

11 Ficou a arca de Jeová três meses na casa de Obede-Edom de Gete, e Jeová o abençoou juntamente com toda a sua casa.

12 Foi dito ao rei Davi: Jeová tem abençoado a casa de Obede-Edom, e tudo o que lhe pertence, por causa da arca de Deus. Foi Davi e trouxe com alegria da casa de Obede-Edom a arca de Deus para a cidade de Davi.

13 Quando os que levavam a arca de Jeová, tinham dado seis passos, sacrificava ele um boi e um animal cevado.

14 Davi dançava diante de Jeová com todas as suas forças, cingido dum efode de linho.

15 Assim Davi e toda a casa de Israel traziam a arca de Jeová, com júbilo e ao som de trombetas.

16 Ao entrar a arca de Jeová na cidade de Davi, Mical, filha de Saul, olhou duma janela, e viu ao rei Davi saltando e dançando diante de Jeová; e no seu coração ela o desprezou.

17 Introduziram a arca de Jeová, e puseram-na no seu lugar, no meio da tenda que Davi lhe armara; e Davi ofereceu holocaustos e ofertas pacíficas diante de Jeová.

18 Tendo Davi acabado de oferecer o holocausto e as ofertas pacíficas, abençoou o povo em nome de Jeová dos exércitos.

19 A todo o povo, a toda a multidão de Israel, tanto a homens como a mulheres, distribuiu a cada um um bolo de pão, um pedaço de carne e um cacho de passas. Assim se retirou todo o povo, cada um para sua casa.

20 Então voltou Davi para abençoar a sua casa. Mical, filha de Saul, saiu a receber a Davi, e disse: Que glória teve hoje o rei de Israel, descobrindo-se aos olhos das servas dos seus vassalos, como se descobre um indivíduo qualquer.

21 Davi respondeu a Mical: Diante de Jeová eu estava dançando. Bendito seja Jeová que me escolheu, preferindo-me a teu pai, e a toda a sua casa, para príncipe sobre o povo de Jeová, sobre Israel, por isso dançarei diante de Jeová.

22 Ainda mais do que isso me envilecerei, e me humilharei aos meus olhos; porém das servas, de que falaste, serei na verdade honrado.

23 Mical, filha de Saul, não teve filhos até o dia da sua morte.

1 Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. 2 And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims. 3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart. 4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark. 5 And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

6 And when they came to Nachon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. 7 And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. 8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah to this day. 9 And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me? 10 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obed-edom, and all his household.

12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness. 13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. 14 And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. 16 And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

17 And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. 18 And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts. 19 And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.

20 Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! 21 And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD. 22 And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour. 23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death.