1 Tawarikh 13:7-9

13:7 They transported the ark on a new cart from the house of Abinadab; Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart, 13:8 while David and all Israel were energetically ¹  celebrating before God, singing and playing various stringed instruments, ²  tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. 13:9 When they arrived at the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to take hold of ³  the ark, because the oxen stumbled.

1 Tawarikh 13:2

13:2 David said to the whole Israelite assembly, “If you so desire and the Lord our God approves, ⁴  let’s spread the word ⁵  to our brothers who remain in all the regions of Israel, and to the priests and Levites in their cities, ⁶  so they may join us.

1 Samuel 6:3

6:3 They replied, “If you are going to send the ark of ⁷  the God of Israel back, don’t send it away empty. Be sure to return it with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why his hand is not removed from you.”

[13:8]  ¹ tn Heb “with all strength.”

[13:8]  ² tn Heb “with songs and with zithers [meaning uncertain] and with harps.” Due to the collocation with “harps,” some type of stringed instrument is probably in view.

[13:9]  ³ tn Or “to steady.”

[13:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “If to you [it is] good and from the Lord our God.”

[13:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “let us spread and let us send.” The words “the word” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[13:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “in the cities of their pasturelands.”

[6:3]  ⁷ tc The LXX and a Qumran ms add “the covenant of the Lord.”