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When they arrived at Nacon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out and grabbed the Ark of God because the oxen had stumbled. Just then, the anger of the Lord blazed against Uzzah, and God struck him down right there because of his failure, and he died there beside the Ark of God.

David flew into a rage because the Lord had killed[a] Uzzah. That’s why that place is called Perez-uzzah[b] to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 6:8 Lit. had burst out against
  2. 2 Samuel 6:8 The Heb. name Perez-uzzah means Overwhelming Uzzah; cf. 2Sam 5:20