1 Again David gathered all the choice men of Israel, thirty thousand.

2 And David rose up and went, and all the people who were with him from Baale Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of Jehovah of Hosts, who dwells between the cherubim.

3 And they set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were leading the new cart.

4 They brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill, with the ark of God; and Ahio was going before the ark.

5 And David and all the house of Israel were making sport before Jehovah with all manner of fir wood; with harps, with lutes, with tambourines, with rattles and buzzing.

6 And when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah stretched out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen had fallen.

7 And the anger of Jehovah burned against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of God.

8 And David was furious because Jehovah had used violence and burst forth against Uzzah; thus the name of the place is called Perez Uzzah to this day.

9 And David was afraid of Jehovah that day; and he said, How shall the ark of Jehovah come to me?

10 So David was not willing to remove the ark of Jehovah to himself into the City of David; but David turned it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

11 And the ark of Jehovah remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three months. And Jehovah blessed Obed-Edom and all his house.

12 And it was reported to King David, saying, Jehovah has blessed the house of Obed-Edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with gladness.

13 And so it was, when those bearing the ark of Jehovah had gone six paces, that he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.

14 And David was dancing before Jehovah with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

15 So David and all the house of Israel were bringing up the ark of Jehovah with shouting and with the sound of the shofar.

16 And as the ark of Jehovah was coming into the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before Jehovah; and she despised him in her heart.

17 And they brought the ark of Jehovah, and set it in its place in the midst of the tent that David had erected for it. And David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Jehovah.

18 And when David finished offering the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah of Hosts.

19 And he distributed among all the people, among the whole multitude of Israel, both the women and the men, to everyone a cake of bread, a piece of meat, and a cake of raisins. And all the people departed, everyone 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 today, uncovering himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the worthless fellows uncovers to reveal himself!

21 And David said to Michal, It was before Jehovah, who chose me instead of your father and all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of Jehovah, over Israel. Therefore I have danced before Jehovah.

22 And I have been even more lightly esteemed than this, and humble in my own eyes. But as for the handmaids of whom you have spoken, by them I was honored.

23 Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.

1 E TORNOU Davi a ajuntar todos os escolhidos de Israel, em número de trinta mil. 2 E levantou-se Davi, e partiu com todo o povo que tinha consigo de Baalim de Judá, para levarem dali para cima a arca de Deus, sobre a qual se invoca o nome, o nome do Senhor dos exércitos, que se assenta entre os querubins. 3 E puseram a arca de Deus em um carro novo, e a levaram da casa de Abinadabe, que está em Gibeá: e Uza e Aío, filhos de Abinadabe; guiavam o carro novo. 4 E levando-o da casa de Abinadabe, que está em Gibeá, com a arca de Deus, Aío ia adiante da arca. 5 E Davi, e toda a casa de Israel, alegravam-se perante o Senhor, com toda a sorte de instrumentos de pau de faia: como com harpas, e com saltérios, e com tamboris, e com pandeiros, e com címbalos. 6 E, chegando à eira de Nacom, estendeu Uza a mão à arca de Deus, e teve mão nela; porque os bois a deixavam pender. 7 Então a ira do Senhor se acendeu contra Uza, e Deus o feriu ali por esta imprudência: e morreu ali junto à arca de Deus. 8 E Davi se contristou, porque o Senhor abrira rotura em Uzá; e chamou aquele lugar Perez-Uzá, até ao dia de hoje. 9 E temeu Davi ao Senhor naquele dia; e disse: Como virá a mim a arca do Senhor? 10 E não quis Davi retirar para si a arca do Senhor, para a cidade de Davi; mas Davi a fez levar à casa de Obede-Edom, o geteu. 11 E ficou a arca do Senhor em casa de Obede-Edom, o geteu, três meses: e abençoou o Senhor a Obede-Edom, e a toda a sua casa. 12 Então avisaram a Davi, dizendo: Abençoou o Senhor a casa de Obede-Edom, e tudo quanto tem, por amor da arca de Deus: foi pois Davi, e trouxe a arca de Deus para cima, da casa de Obede-Edom, à cidade de Davi, com alegria. 13 E sucedeu que, quando os que levavam a arca do Senhor tinham dado seis passos, sacrificava bois e carneiros cevados. 14 E Davi saltava com todas as suas forças diante do Senhor: e estava Davi cingido dum éfode de linho. 15 Assim subindo, levavam Davi e todo o Israel a arca do Senhor, com júbilo, e ao som das trombetas. 16 E sucedeu que, entrando a arca do Senhor na cidade de Davi Mical, a filha de Saul, estava olhando pela janela: e, vendo ao rei Davi, que ia bailando e saltando diante do Senhor, o desprezou no seu coração. 17 E introduzindo a arca do Senhor, a puseram no seu lugar, na tenda que Davi lhe armara: e ofereceu Davi holocaustos e ofertas pacíficas perante o Senhor. 18 E acabando Davi de oferecer os holocaustos e ofertas pacíficas, abençoou o povo em nome do Senhor dos exércitos. 19 E repartiu a todo o povo, e a toda a multidão de Israel, desde os homens até às mulheres, a cada um, um bolo de pão, e um bom pedaço de carne, e um frasco de vinho: então foi-se todo o povo, cada um para sua casa. 20 E, voltando Davi para abençoar a sua casa, Mical, a filha de Saul, saiu a encontrar-se com Davi e disse: Quão honrado foi o rei de Israel, descobrindo-se hoje aos olhos das servas de seus servos, como sem pejo se descobre qualquer dos vadios. 21 Disse porém Davi a Mical: Perante o Senhor que me escolheu a mim antes do que a teu pai, e a toda a sua casa, mandando-me que fosse chefe sobre o povo do Senhor, sobre Israel: perante o Senhor me tenho alegrado. 22 E ainda mais do que isto me envilecerei, e me humilharei aos meus olhos: e das servas, de quem falaste, delas serei honrado. 23 E Mical, a filha de Saul, não teve filhos, até ao dia da sua morte.