A Touching Story About the Ark – King David – The Brick Bible

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David gathered 30,000 select men from Israel, and they traveled with him to Baalah in Judah to retrieve the ark of God.

1 of 10 2 Samuel 6:1

The ark bears the name of Yahweh Sabaoth, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. They loaded it onto a new cart.

2 of 10 2 Samuel 6:2

And they carried it from the house of Abinadab on the hill. Abinadab's sons Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart.

3 of 10 2 Samuel 6:3

And David and all Israel were enthusiastically celebrating, singing, and playing zithers, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.

4 of 10 1 Chronicles 13:8, 2 Samuel 6:5

When they came to the threshing floor at Nacon, the oxen stumbled, so Uzzah reached out and steadied the ark of God.

5 of 10 2 Samuel 6:6

The anger of Yahweh blazed against Uzzah, and he killed him for having touched the ark.

6 of 10 1 Chronicles 13:10

He died right there before God.

7 of 10 1 Chronicles 13:10

David was angry because Yahweh attacked Uzzah, and he called that place Outburst Against Uzzah. And that remains its name to this day.

8 of 10 1 Chronicles 13:11

So David did not move the ark to the City of David. He left it at the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

9 of 10 1 Chronicles 13:13

So David was happy to bring the ark from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David. The men carrying the ark had taken 6 steps when David sacrificed an ox and a fat calf.

10 of 10 2 Samuel 6:12–13

David Exposes Himself Before God

David Exposes Himself Before God