1 Chronicles 13:10
in 1 Chronicles 13And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and He struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.
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ASV
And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put forth his hand to the ark; and there he died before God.
KJV
And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 13
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah--(See on 2Sa 6:1-11). whose name is called on it--rather, "who is worshipped there" (2Sa 6:2).
This site's exposition
the threshing floor of Chidon
on 1 Chronicles 13:9-11
Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, and the Law's penalty fell on him. Chronicles names the site Chidon where 2 Samuel 6:6 names it Nacon. David named the place Perez-uzzah, and he returns to it at 15:13: the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us.
This site's exposition
the anger of the LORD
Chronicles names what Uzzah did: he had put his hand on the ark, where 2 Samuel 6:7 has one obscure Hebrew word. Numbers 4:15 warned that the Levites who carried the holy things must not touch them, or they would die.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Put his hand, &c. - Let the case of Uzza warn us, to take heed of presumption or rashness with regard to holy things; and not to think, that a right intention will justify a wrong action.
5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim. 6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the L ORD , that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
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The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּֽחַר־ | vaiyichar- | and it burned | H2734 → | |
| אַ֤ף | ʾaf | [the] anger of | H639 → | |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּעֻזָּ֔א | beuza' | on Uzzah | H5798 → | 14 times |
| וַיַּכֵּ֕הוּ | vaiyakehu | and he struck down him | H5221 → | 499 times |
| עַ֛ל | ʾal | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׁלַ֥ח | shalach | he had stretched out | H7971 → | 845 times |
| יָד֖וֹ | yado | hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאָר֑וֹן | haaron | the ark | H727 → | 202 times |
| וַיָּ֥מָת | vaiyamot | and he died | H4191 → | 839 times |
| שָׁ֖ם | sham | there | H8033 → | 834 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אֱלֹהִֽים׃ | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
וַיִּֽחַר־and it burned
vaiyichar-H2734 →
אַ֤ף[the] anger of
ʾafH639 →
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּעֻזָּ֔אon Uzzah
beuza'H5798 →14 times
וַיַּכֵּ֕הוּand he struck down him
vaiyakehuH5221 →499 times
עַ֛לon
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
שָׁלַ֥חhe had stretched out
shalachH7971 →845 times
יָד֖וֹhand his
yadoH3027 →1618 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָאָר֑וֹןthe ark
haaronH727 →202 times
וַיָּ֥מָתand he died
vaiyamotH4191 →839 times
שָׁ֖םthere
shamH8033 →834 times
לִפְנֵ֥י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
אֱלֹהִֽים׃God
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Chronicles 15:15And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the LORD.
it leads to
- Numbers 4:15
When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 4:15
Through
Numbers 4:15When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they…
it leads to
- Numbers 7:9
But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Samuel 6:6–7
When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.
- Numbers 7:9
Through
1 Chronicles 15:13It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 6:3
They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new…
- 1 Corinthians 14:40
But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.
- 1 Corinthians 11:2
Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
- 1 John 1:8–10
If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
- 2 Samuel 6:3
Through
1 Samuel 6:19But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them…
it leads to
- Numbers 4:20
But the Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects, even for a moment, or they will die.”
- Numbers 4:20
Where this verse is studied
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About 1 Chronicles

This page draws on Berean Standard Bible, 2 Samuel 6:7; Berean Standard Bible, Numbers 4:15; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
