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1 Chronicles 13:9

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When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And when they came unto the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.

KJV

And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.

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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 threshingfloor of Chidon

on 1 Chronicles 13:9-11

Uzza's hand moves by instinct, to steady the ark when the oxen stumble, not to seize it, and the Law's penalty falls anyway: the ark's holiness did not depend on his motive. Chronicles names the site Chidon where 2 Samuel 6:6 names it Nachon, a variant the commentators treat as two names for one threshingfloor rather than two separate events. David's anger and fear stand recorded without excuse, and the place is called Perez-uzza, the breach of Uzza, a name David himself uses again at 15:13 to confess that the LORD made a breach upon us for seeking him not after the due order.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

3 ), and that the nearer any are to him the more displeased he is with their presumptions. Let us not dare to trifle with God in our approaches to him; and yet let us, through Christ, come boldly to the throne of grace; for we are under the dispensation of liberty and grace, not of bondage and terror.

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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 Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Uzza put forth his hand - See this transaction explained 2Sa 6:6 (note), etc.

The words behind it

14 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.

  • וַיָּבֹ֖אוּand they came

    vaiyavouH935 →2568 times

  • עַד־to

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • גֹּ֣רֶן[the] threshing floor of

    gorenH1637 →36 times

  • כִּידֹ֑ןKidon

    kidonH3592 →

  • וַיִּשְׁלַ֨חand he stretched out

    vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times

  • עֻזָּ֜אUzzah

    ʾuza'H5798 →14 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • יָד֗וֹhand his

    yadoH3027 →1618 times

  • לֶאֱחֹז֙to grasp

    leechozH270 →67 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָ֣אָר֔וֹןthe ark

    haaronH727 →202 times

  • כִּ֥יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • שָֽׁמְט֖וּthey stumbled

    shametuH8058 →

  • הַבָּקָֽר׃the ox[en]

    habakarH1241 →183 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

1 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Samuel 6:6When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had stumbled.6 works

The walk

2 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

    2 Samuel 6:6

    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.

    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…

    • Numbers 4:19–20

      In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his…

About 1 Chronicles

Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Cedars Are Cut Down for the Jerusalem Temple, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.

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