1 Chronicles · Chapter 13

[ edit] Dauiþ forſoþe wente in to counſeil wiþ þe mayſtirs of þouſandis, and mayſtirs of hundriþes, and wiþ al þe princis. And he ſeiþ to al þe companye of þe ſonys of Yrael, Ȝif it pleſiþ to ȝou, and of þe Lord oure God goþ out þe word þat I ſpeke, ſende we to oure oþer breþeren in alle þe regyouns of Yrael, and to þe preſtis and Leuytis þat dwellen in þe ſuburbis of cytees, þat þei ben gedered to us, and we bryngen aȝeyn þe arke of God to us; forſoþe we ſouȝten it not in þe days of Saul. And al þe multitude anſwerd, þat it ſo ſchuld be done; forſoþe þe word pleſide to al þe puple.

Þanne Dauide gederide al Yſrael, fro Seor of Egipt vnto þe tyme þat þou go in to Emaþ, þat he brynge þe arke of God fro Cariaþiarym. And Dauid ſteyȝide up, and alle þe men of Yrael, to þe hill of Cariaþiarym, þat is in Juda, þat he brynge þe arke of þe Lord God ſyttynge vpon cherubyn, wher inwardly is clepid þe name of hym. And þei putten þe arke of þe Lord God vpon a newe wayn of þe hous of Amynadab; Oſa forſoþe and þe breþeren of hym dryuen þe wayne. Bot Dauid and al Yſrael pleyden beforn þe Lord, in al vertue, in ſongis, and in harpis, and in ſawtrees, and in tymbris, and in cymbalis, and in trumpis.

And whanne þei weren commen to þe cornflore of Chydon, Oſa ſtrauȝt out his hond, þat he ſuſteyne þe arke; forſoþe þe oxe pleyinge a litill wiȝt bowede it doun. And ſo þe Lord is wroþ aȝeinus Oſam, and ſmote hym, forþi þat he hadde touchid þe arke; and he is deed þere beforn þe Lord. And Dauid is ſory, for þi þat þe Lord hadde deuydid Oſam; and he clepid þat place Þe Deuydynge of Oſe vnto þe preſent day. And he dredde þe Lord þat tyme, ſeyinge, What maner wiſe may I bryngen in to me þe ark of þe Lord? And for þis cauſe he brouȝt it not to hym, þat is, in þe cyte of Dauid, bot turnede it aſyde in to þe hous of Obededom Jeþei.

Þanne þe arke of God dwellide in þe hous of Obededom Jeþei þre moneþis; and þe Lord bleſſide to þe hous of hym, and to alle þingis þat he hadde.