The First Attempt to Bring the Ark

"If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God… let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul." All Israel gathers "from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath."

"And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart." David and all Israel play "with all their might, and with singing, and with harps."

At the threshing floor of Chidon the oxen stumble; Uzza takes hold of the ark. "And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him… and there he died before God." David is displeased and afraid; the ark stays three months in the house of Obed-edom, "and the LORD blessed the house of Obed-edom."

Order changed

In 2 Samuel the ark is moved after David's palace and his Philistine victories (chapter 5–6). Chronicles moves the ark first, then the palace and battles (chapter 14), to show that David's first concern was worship.

Chidon or Nachon

The threshing floor is "Nachon" in 2 Samuel 6:6 and "Chidon" here; the name's meaning and location are unknown.

Kiriath-jearim

Excavations since 2017 at Deir el-Azar (Kiriath-jearim) found an 8th-century BC monumental platform; nothing tied to the ark has been found.