David henter pagtens ark
2.Sam. 6,1-11
1Efter at David havde rådført sig med sin militære ledelse og alle sine officerer, 2sagde han til den store forsamling af krigere, der var kommet fra alle Israels stammer:
„Hvis I mener, det er rigtigt, og at det er Guds vilje, så lad os sende bud ud over hele Israels land om, at alle stammeledere skal komme herned til os. Der skal også sendes besked til præsternes og levitternes ledere i de byer, de har fået tildelt at bo i. 3Når alle lederne er samlet, vil vi så hente Guds Ark, for lige siden Saul blev konge, har man ikke taget Herren med på råd.”
4Davids forslag blev enstemmigt vedtaget, for de mente alle, at det var det rigtige at gøre.
5På den måde fik David samlet hele Israels folk fra nord til syd, så de kunne være med til at hente Guds Ark i Kirjat-Jearim. 6Derefter drog David af sted i spidsen for den store skare til Kirjat-Jearim, som også kaldes Ba’ala, i Judas stammeområde for at hente Gud Herrens Ark—den Gud, som troner mellem keruberne. 7Arken, der i lang tid havde stået i Abinadabs hus, blev anbragt på en ny oksekærre—og Uzza og Ahjo styrede okserne. 8David og Israels øvrige ledere dansede og sang af alle kræfter til Guds ære til musik fra lyrer, harper, tamburiner, bækkener og trompeter.
9Men da de nåede til tærskepladsen ved Kidon, snublede okserne, og Uzza rakte hånden ud for at støtte arken. 10Da blev Herren vred og straffede Uzza, fordi han ikke viste ærefrygt for arken, som ikke måtte røres, og han døde på stedet. 11David var oprørt over, at Herren havde straffet Uzza så hårdt. Derfor kaldte han stedet for „Peretz-Uzza”,13,11 Navnet betyder: „Udfaldet mod Uzza”. hvilket det hedder den dag i dag.
12Episoden gjorde, at David blev bange for Gud. „Hvordan tør jeg så bringe Guds Ark hjem til mig?” sagde han. 13Derfor ombestemte han sig, og i stedet for at føre arken ind i Davidsbyen, lod han den indtil videre opbevare hos Obed-Edom fra Gat. 14Der stod den i tre måneder—og Herren velsignede Obed-Edom og hans familie.
David Brings Back the Ark
1David talked with each of his officers. He wanted to get their advice. Some of them were commanders of thousands of men. Others were commanders of hundreds. 2David spoke to the whole community of Israel. He said, “Let’s send word to the rest of our people no matter how far away they live. They live in all the territories of Israel. Let’s also send word to the priests and Levites who are with them in their towns and on their grasslands. Let’s invite everyone to come and join us. Let’s do it if it seems good to you and if that’s what the Lord our God wants. 3Let’s bring the ark of our God back here to us. We didn’t use it to ask God for advice during the whole time Saul was king.” 4So that’s what the whole community agreed to do. It seemed right to them.
5David gathered together all the Israelites. They came from the area between the Shihor River in Egypt and Lebo Hamath. They came to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to Jerusalem. 6David went to Baalah of Judah. The whole community of Israel went with him. Baalah is also called Kiriath Jearim. All the people went there to get the ark of God the Lord. He sits on his throne between the cherubim. The ark is named after the Lord.
7The ark of God was placed on a new cart. Then it was moved from Abinadab’s house. Uzzah and Ahio were guiding it. 8David was celebrating with all his might in front of God. So was the whole community of Israel. All of them were singing songs. They were also playing harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and trumpets.
9They came to the threshing floor of Kidon. The oxen nearly fell there. So Uzzah reached out his hand to hold the ark steady. 10Then the Lord became very angry with Uzzah. The Lord struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So Uzzah died there in front of God.
11David was angry because the Lord’s great anger had broken out against Uzzah. That’s why the place is still called Perez Uzzah to this day.
12David was afraid of God that day. David asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God back here to me?” 13So he didn’t take the ark to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom. Obed-Edom was from Gath. 14The ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom. It stayed in his house for three months. And the Lord blessed his family. He also blessed everything that belonged to him.
