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1 Chronicles 13:10

in 1 Chronicles 13

And 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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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.

This verse in 1 Chronicles 13

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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 words

Every 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.

  • 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 stops

Each 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 15:15

    And 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.

  • Through

    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…

    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.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 15:13

    It 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.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 6:19

    But 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.”

Where this verse is studied

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About 1 Chronicles

King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.
King David Playing the Harp, Gerard van Honthorst, 1622. Public domain.

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.