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New Living Translation (NLT)

2 Samuel 6
⁸ David was angry because the LORD’s anger had burst out against Uzzah. He named that place Perez-uzzah (which means “to burst out against Uzzah”), as it is still called today.
⁹ David was now afraid of the LORD, and he asked, “How can I ever bring the Ark of the LORD back into my care?”
¹⁰ So David decided not to move the Ark of the LORD into the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom of Gath.
¹¹ The Ark of the LORD remained there in Obed-edom’s house for three months, and the LORD blessed Obed-edom and his entire household.
¹² Then King David was told, “The LORD has blessed Obed-edom’s household and everything he has because of the Ark of God.” So David went there and brought the Ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the City of David with a great celebration.
¹³ After the men who were carrying the Ark of the LORD had gone six steps, David sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.
¹⁴ And David danced before the LORD with all his might, wearing a priestly garment.
¹⁵ So David and all the people of Israel brought up the Ark of the LORD with shouts of joy and the blowing of rams’ horns.
¹⁶ But as the Ark of the LORD entered the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, she was filled with contempt for him.
¹⁷ They brought the Ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the special tent David had prepared for it. And David sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings to the LORD.
¹⁸ When he had finished his sacrifices, David blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.