1 Chronicles 13
Open in the reader1Then Beloved conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds.
2And he said to the whole assembly of Strives-with-God, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of He-Who-Is our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Strives-with-God, and also to the priests and Joined-Ones in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.
3Then let us bring back the Chest of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Asked-For.”
4And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.
5So Beloved assembled all Strives-with-God, from the River Dark-Water in Two-Straits to Lebo-Fortress, to bring the Chest of God from City-of-Forests.
6Beloved and all Strives-with-God went up to Mistress of Praised (that is, City-of-Forests) to bring up from there the Chest of God He-Who-Is, who is enthroned between the cherubim—the Chest that is called by the Name.
7So they carried the Chest of God from the house of My-Father-Is-Generous on a new cart, with Strength and His-Brother guiding the cart.
8Beloved and all the children of Strives-with-God were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
9When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Strength reached out and took hold of the Chest, because the oxen had stumbled.
10And the anger of He-Who-Is burned against Strength, and He struck him down because he had put his hand on the Chest. So he died there before God.
11Then Beloved became angry because He-Who-Is had burst forth against Strength. So he named that place Breach-of-Uzzah, as it is called to this day.
12That day Beloved feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the Chest of God to me?”
13So he did not move the Chest with him to the City of Beloved; instead, he took it aside to the house of Servant-of-Edom the Winepress-One.
14Thus the Chest of God remained with the family of Servant-of-Edom in his house for three months, and He-Who-Is blessed his household and everything he owned.