How does David react to all of this? Well he reacts wrongly, v8. He’s angry, and he’s afraid of God. Not a right fear of God – which is a fear of grieving him – but a terror that meant he gave the whole thing up.Yet what happens? v11: The ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-Edom […]

We read this chapter, and we don’t want Uzzah to die. But if only people had listened to God, this need not have happened. God doesn’t leave his worship up to us to do as we think best. He sets out in exact detail what he requires. God had laid down clear regulations about how the ark was to be […]

In this chapter we see what’s most important to David. Last week we saw him enthroned as king. This week we see that one of his big priorities after that is worship. Worship hadn’t been a priority in the days of Saul. In 1st Chronicles 13 David gathers the leaders of the people and says ‘let us bring again the […]