2 Samuel 6:4-6

Common English Bible

⁴^[a] Uzzah was beside God’s chest while Ahio was walking in front of it. ⁵Meanwhile, David and the entire house of Israel celebrated in the Lord’s presence with all their strength, with songs,^[b] zithers, harps, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.

⁶When they approached Nacon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out to God’s chest and grabbed it because the oxen had stumbled.^[c]

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Footnotes

2 Samuel 6:4 LXX, DSS (4QSam^a), 1 Chron 13:7; MT repeats they carried it from the house of Abinadab on the hill; Uzzah has dropped out and must be restored.
2 Samuel 6:5 LXX, DSS (4QSam^a), 1 Chron 13:8; MT with all sorts of pine instruments
2 Samuel 6:6 Heb uncertain