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As they came to the threshing place of Nacon, the oxen stumbled, and Uzzah reached out and took hold of the Covenant Box. At once the Lord God became angry with Uzzah and killed him because of his irreverence.[a] Uzzah died there beside the Covenant Box, and so that place has been called Perez Uzzah[b] ever since. David was furious because the Lord had punished Uzzah in anger.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 6:7 Probable text his irreverence; Hebrew unclear.
  2. 2 Samuel 6:8 This name in Hebrew means “Punishment of Uzzah.”

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