ΚΑΙ ἐβουλεύσατο Δαυὶδ μετὰ τῶν χιλιάρχων καὶ τῶν ἑκατοντάρχων, παντὶ ἡγουμένῳ, 2 καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ τῇ πάσῃ ἐκκλησίᾳ ᾿Ισραήλ· εἰ ἐφ᾿ ὑμῖν ἀγαθὸν καὶ παρὰ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν εὐοδωθῇ, ἀποστείλωμεν πρὸς τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς ἡμῶν τοὺς ὑπολελειμμένους ἐν πάσῃ γῇ ᾿Ισραήλ, καὶ μετ᾿ αὐτῶν οἱ ἱερεῖς οἱ Λευῖται ἐν πόλεσι κατασχέσεως αὐτῶν, καὶ συναχθήσονται πρὸς ἡμᾶς, 3 καὶ μετενέγκωμεν τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν πρὸς ἡμᾶς· ὅτι οὐκ ἐζήτησαν αὐτὴν ἀφ᾿ ἡμερῶν Σαούλ. 4 καὶ εἶπε πᾶσα ἡ ἐκκλησία τοῦ ποιῆσαι οὕτως, ὅτι εὐθὴς ὁ λόγος ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς παντὸς τοῦ λαοῦ. 5 καὶ ἐξεκκλησίασε Δαυὶδ τὸν πάντα ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀπὸ ὁρίων Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἕως εἰσόδου ῾Ημὰθ τοῦ εἰσενέγκαι τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐκ πόλεως ᾿Ιαρίμ. 6 καὶ ἀνήγαγεν αὐτὴν Δαυίδ, καὶ πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ ἀνέβη εἰς πόλιν Δαυίδ, ἣ ἦν τοῦ ᾿Ιούδα, τοῦ ἀναγαγεῖν ἐκεῖθεν τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ Κυρίου καθημένου ἐπὶ Χερουβίμ, οὗ ἐπεκλήθη ὄνομα αὐτοῦ. 7 καὶ ἐπέθηκαν τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐφ᾿ ἅμαξαν καινὴν ἐξ οἴκου ᾿Αμαναδάβ, καὶ ᾿Οζὰ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ ἦγον τὴν ἅμαξαν. 8 καὶ Δαυὶδ καὶ πᾶς ᾿Ισραὴλ παίζοντες ἐναντίον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν πάσῃ δυνάμει καὶ ἐν ψαλτῳδοῖς καὶ ἐν κινύραις καὶ ἐν νάβλαις, ἐν τυμπάνοις, καὶ ἐν κυμβάλοις καὶ ἐν σάλπιγξι. 9 καὶ ἤλθοσαν ἕως τῆς ἅλωνος, καὶ ἐξέτεινεν ᾿Οζὰ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ τοῦ κατασχεῖν τὴν κιβωτόν, ὅτι ἐξέκλινεν αὐτὴν ὁ μόσχος. 10 καὶ ἐθυμώθη Κύριος ὀργῇ ἐπὶ ᾿Οζὰ καὶ ἐπάταξεν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ διὰ τὸ ἐκτεῖναι τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν κιβωτόν, καὶ ἀπέθανεν ἐκεῖ ἀπέναντι τοῦ Θεοῦ. 11 καὶ ἠθύμησε Δαυίδ, ὅτι διέκοψε Κύριος διακοπὴν ἐν ᾿Οζά, καὶ ἐκάλεσε τὸν τόπον ἐκεῖνον Διακοπὴ ᾿Οζὰ ἕως τῆς ἡμέρας ταύτης. 12 καὶ ἐφοβήθη Δαυὶδ τὸν Θεὸν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, λέγων· πῶς εἰσοίσω τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ πρὸς ἐμαυτόν; 13 καὶ οὐκ ἀπέστρεψε Δαυὶδ τὴν κιβωτὸν πρὸς ἑαυτὸν εἰς πόλιν Δαυίδ, καὶ ἐξέκλινεν αὐτὴν εἰς οἶκον ᾿Αβεδδαρὰ τοῦ Γεθθαίου. 14 καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἡ κιβωτὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν οἴκῳ ᾿Αβεδδαρὰ τρεῖς μῆνας· καὶ εὐλόγησεν ὁ Θεὸς ᾿Αβεδδαρὰ καὶ πάντα τὰ αὐτοῦ.
