 maybe it's not safe for me to bring the ark to my place in jerusalem because i don't know what's going to happen to me lord knows i'm a sinner this may not be safe so david decides to conduct a little experiment and as his guinea pig he uses this guy obed edom who lives in the hill country of judea and david says i know what i'm going to do i'm going to park the ark i'm going to park the ark at obed edom's place and see what happens to him