Abinadab and his father Saul were both killed by the Philistines in the battle of Gilboa and this took place ‘Thirteen years after the Ark was placed in the house of Abinadab’ (http://globalchristiancenter.com/lesser-known-bible-people-series/the-house-of-abinadab-and-the-ark-of-god.html). It followed by seven years of the civil war, before David finally became to anointed king for all over Israel, by defeating Ish-bosheth, the sole surviving son of Saul. Then, he decided to move his capital from Hebron to Jerusalem and he managed to conquer the city by attacking the inhabitants there called Jebusites. At this point, the Ark was still located in the same place and even though Abinadab had been killed over seven years ago, the place was still called ‘the House of Abinadab’ (2Samuel 6:3).
Now, the city of Jerusalem is prepared to be brought in the Ark of Covenant. However, during the procession of the Ark, another mysterious tragedy takes place. When ‘Uzzah sees the cart lurch, and stretches out his hand to steady the Ark’, in order to keep it from falling, ‘Fire from heaven strikes him dead (2 Samuel 6:6-8)’ (ibid). This incident terrified David enough to be ‘afraid to have The Ark in the City of David, so he left it in the house of Obed-Edom, a Philistine from Gath (2 Samuel 6:9-11)’ (Blank). It took him three months to make up his mind to relocate the Ark to ‘a new tabernacle that David set up for it’ (ibid).
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For reading the text in full: http://wrex2009.wordpress.com/2011/12/05/the-ark-of-covenant-and-the-reign-of-king-david/
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