And David and all the house of Israel [a]played before the Lord on all instruments made of fir, and on harps, and on Psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

(A)And when they came to Nachon’s threshing floor, Uzzah put his hand to the Ark of God, and held it: for the oxen did shake it.

And the Lord was very wroth with Uzzah, and God [b]smote him in the same place for his fault, and there he died by the Ark of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 6:5 Praised God, and sang Psalms.
  2. 2 Samuel 6:7 Here we see what danger it is to follow good intentions, or to do anything in God’s service without his express word.

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