Translations
David was unwilling to bring the Ark of Yahweh into the City of David; instead, he redirected it to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
David was unwilling to bring the Ark of YHWH to himself into the Ir David; instead, David diverted it to the house of Oved-Edom the Gitti.
So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite.
So he was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

