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As they reached the threshing floor of Chidon,[a] Uzzah stretched out his hand to steady the ark, for the oxen were tipping it. 10 Then the Lord became angry with Uzzah and struck him, because he had laid his hand on the ark; he died there in God’s presence. 11 David was angry because the Lord’s anger had broken out against Uzzah. Therefore that place has been called Perez-uzzah[b] even to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 13:9 Chidon: in 2 Sm 6:6 the name is Nodan (variant: Nacon).
  2. 13:11 Perez-uzzah: this Hebrew phrase means “the breaking out against Uzza.”