But now your kingdom will not continue. the LORD has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and the LORD has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which the LORD commanded you."

5. DAVID and all the house of Israel played before the LORD with all kinds of instruments made of cypress wood, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with castanets, and with cymbals.

6. When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached for God's ark, and took hold of it; for the cattle stumbled.

7. The LORD's anger burned against Uzzah; and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by God's ark.

8. DAVID was displeased, because the LORD had broken out against Uzzah; and he called that place Perez Uzzah, to this day.

9. DAVID was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, "How could The LORD's ark come to me?"

10. So DAVID would not move The LORD's ark to be with him in DAVID's city; but DAVID carried it aside into Obed-Edom the Gittite's house.

11. The LORD's ark remained in Obed-Edom the Gittite's house three months; and the LORD blessed Obed-Edom and all his house.

12. King DAVID was told, "The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that belongs to him, because of God's ark."So DAVID went and brought up God's ark from the house of Obed-Edom into DAVID's city with joy.

13. When those who bore The LORD's ark had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.

14. DAVID danced before the LORD with all his might; and DAVID was clothed in a linen ephod.

15. So DAVID and all the house of Israel brought up The LORD's ark with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.

16. As The LORD's ark came into DAVID's city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out through the window, and saw king DAVID leaping and dancing before The LORD; and she despised him in her heart.

17. They brought in The LORD's ark, and set it in its place, in the middle of the tent that DAVID had pitched for it; and DAVID offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before The LORD.

18. When DAVID had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.

18. Then DAVID the king went in, and sat before The LORD; and he said, "Who am I, Lord God, and what is my house, that you have brought me this far?

19. This was yet a small thing in your eyes, Lord God; but you have spoken also of your servant's house for a great while to come; and this among men, Lord God!

20. What more can DAVID say to you? For you know your servant, Lord God.

21. For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, you have worked all this greatness, to make your servant know it.

22. Therefore you are great, the LORD God. For there is no one like you, neither is there any God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

23. What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make himself a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeemed to yourself out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

24. You established for yourself your people Israel to be your people forever; and you, The LORD, became their God.

25. Now, the LORD God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, confirm it forever, and do as you have spoken.

26. Let your name be magnified forever, saying, 'The LORD of Armies is God over Israel; and the house of your servant DAVID will be established before you.'

27. For you, the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to you.

28. "Now, O Lord God, you are God, and your words are truth, and you have promised this good thing to your servant.

29. Now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue forever before you; for you, Lord God, have spoken it. Let the house of your servant be blessed forever with your blessing."

King DAVID also dedicated these to The LORD, with the silver and gold that he dedicated of all the nations which he subdued;

DAVID built an altar to the LORD there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was entreated for the land, and the plague was removed from Israel.