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They brought it from Abinadab’s home, with Ahio walking ahead of the ark. David and the entire nation of Israel were celebrating in Yahweh’s presence with all kinds of instruments made from cypress wood[a] and with lyres, harps, tambourines, sistrums,[b] and cymbals.

But when they came to Nacon’s threshing floor,[c] the oxen stumbled. So Uzzah reached out for the ark of Elohim and grabbed it.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 6:5 Or “with all their might.” See 1 Chronicles 13:8.
  2. 2 Samuel 6:5 A type of rattle used as a musical instrument.
  3. 2 Samuel 6:6 A threshing floor is an outdoor area where grain is separated from its husks.

with the ark of God on it,[a] and Ahio was walking in front of it. David and all Israel were celebrating(A) with all their might before the Lord, with castanets,[b] harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums and cymbals.(B)

When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of(C) the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 6:4 Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts; Masoretic Text cart and they brought it with the ark of God from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill
  2. 2 Samuel 6:5 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 13:8) songs