1. Some time later, David talked with his army commanders,
2-3. and then announced to the people of Israel:While Saul was king, the sacred chest was ignored. But now it's time to bring the chest to Jerusalem. We will invite everyone in Israel to come here, including the priests and the Levites in the towns surrounded by pasture land. But we will do these things only if you agree, and if the Lord our God wants us to.
10. The Lord God was very angry at Uzzah for doing this, and he killed Uzzah there beside the chest.
11. David then got angry with God for killing Uzzah. So he named that place “Attack on Uzzah”, and it's been called that ever since.
12. David was afraid of what the Lord might do to him, and he asked himself, “Should I really be the one to take care of the sacred chest?”
13. So instead of taking it to Jerusalem, David decided to take it to the home of Obed-Edom, who lived in the town of Gath.
14. The chest stayed there for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-Edom, his family, and everything he owned.