9. David was afraid of the Lord that day. “How can the ark of the Lord come to my ⌊city⌋?” he asked.
10. So David wouldn’t bring the ark of the Lord with him to the City of David. Instead, he rerouted it to the home of Obed Edom, who was from Gath.
11. The ark of the Lord stayed at the home of Obed Edom from Gath for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed Edom and his whole family.
12. King David was told, “The Lord has blessed Obed Edom’s home and everything he owns because of the ark of God.” Then David joyfully went to get the ark of God from Obed Edom’s house and bring it to the City of David.
13. When those who carried the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, David sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.
14. Wearing a linen ephod, David danced in the Lord’s presence with all his might.
15. He and the entire nation of Israel brought the ark of the Lord with shouts of joy and the sounding of rams’ horns.
16. When the ark of the Lord came to the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked out of a window and saw King David leaping and dancing in the Lord’s presence, so she despised him.