📖WEB · 1 Chronicles 13:9
What does 1 Chronicles 13:9 mean?
"When they came to Chidon’s threshing floor, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled."
— 1 Chronicles 13:9 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
David went up with all Israel to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath Jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there God Yahweh’s ark that sits above the cherubim, that is called by the Name.
They carried God’s ark on a new cart, and brought it out of Abinadab’s house; and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with cymbals, and with trumpets.
When they came to Chidon’s threshing floor, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.
Yahweh’s anger burned against Uzza, and he struck him, because he put his hand on the ark; and he died there before God.
David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken out against Uzza. He called that place Perez Uzza, to this day.
David was afraid of God that day, saying, “How can I bring God’s ark home to me?”
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