Discovery Box1 Chronicles 6:31 
Context6:31 These are the men David put in charge of music in the Lord’s sanctuary, 1 after the ark was placed there.
1 Chronicles 13:3
Context13:3 Let’s move the ark of our God back here, 2 for we did not seek his will 3 throughout Saul’s reign.” 4
1 Chronicles 13:5
Context13:5 So David assembled all Israel from the Shihor River 5 in Egypt to Lebo Hamath, 6 to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.
1 Chronicles 13:9-10
Context13:9 When they arrived at the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to take hold of 7 the ark, because the oxen stumbled. 13:10 The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, 8 he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark. 9 He died right there before God. 10
1 Chronicles 13:12-14
Context13:12 David was afraid of God that day and said, “How will I ever be able to bring the ark of God up here?” 13:13 So David did not move the ark to the City of David; 11 he left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. 13:14 The ark of God remained in Obed-Edom’s house for three months; the Lord blessed Obed-Edom’s family and everything that belonged to him.
1 Chronicles 15:1
Context15:1 David constructed buildings in the City of David; he then prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
1 Chronicles 15:3
Context15:3 David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem 12 to bring the ark of the Lord up to the place he had prepared for it.
1 Chronicles 15:15
Context15:15 The descendants of Levi carried the ark of God on their shoulders with poles, just as Moses had ordered according to the divine command.
1 Chronicles 15:26
Context15:26 When God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the Lord’s covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
1 Chronicles 15:28
Context15:28 All Israel brought up the ark of the Lord’s covenant; they were shouting, blowing trumpets, sounding cymbals, and playing stringed instruments.
1 Chronicles 16:4
Context16:4 He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the Lord, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the Lord God of Israel.
1 tn Heb “house.”
2 tn Heb “to us.”
3 tn Heb “him.” In this case, seeking God’s will is what is implied.
4 tn Heb “in the days of Saul.”
5 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.
sn The Shihor River was a river on the border of Egypt, probably the eastern branch of the Nile.
6 tn Or “the entrance to Hamath.”
7 tn Or “to steady.”
8 tn Heb “and the anger of the
9 tn Heb “because he stretched out his hand over the ark.”
10 sn The modern reader might think God seemed to overreact here, but Israel needed a vivid object lesson of God’s holiness. By loading the ark on a cart, David had violated the instructions in God’s law (Exod 25:12-14; Num 4:5-6, 15). Uzzah’s action, however innocent it may seem, betrayed a certain lack of reverence for God’s presence. God had to remind his people that his holiness could not under any circumstances be violated.
11 sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.
12 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
