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2 Samuel 6:8

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Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzzah; and he called that place Perez-uzzah, unto this day.

KJV

And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez–uzzah to this day.

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This verse in 2 Samuel 6

Commentary

7 notes on this verse
Displeased - Grief allied to anger seems to be intended. Compare 1Sa 15:11 note. On the name of the place, compare 2Sa 5:20.

This site's exposition

Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God

on 2 Samuel 6:6-8

Uzzah reaches out to steady the ark when the oxen stumble at the threshing floor of Nacon. His hand breaks the command of Numbers 4:15, and “the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah”. David names the fault at 1 Chronicles 15:13, that the Levites had not carried the ark.

This site's exposition

David became angry

Barnes reads David's anger as grief mixed with anger, the same word used of Samuel at 1 Samuel 15:11. The breach on Uzzah recalls Baal-perazim in 5:20, where the LORD burst forth against David's enemies. Henry notes that this breach falls on David's own friends.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Displeased - Or, grieved, both for the sin, and for God's heavy judgment; whereby their hopes were dashed, and their joys interrupted. Perez-uzzah - That is, the breach of Uzzah.
And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

But here is a breach upon his friends. When we see one breach, we should consider that we know not where the next will be. The memorial of this stroke would be a warning to posterity to take heed of all rashness and irreverence in dealing about holy things; for God will be sanctified in those that come nigh unto him.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

The severity of Uzzah's fate may seem to us too great for the nature and degree of the offense. But it does not become us to sit in judgment on the dispensations of God; and, besides, it is apparent that the divine purpose was to inspire awe of His majesty, a submission to His law, and a profound veneration for the symbols and ordinances of His worship.

The words behind it

16 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.

  • וַיִּ֣חַרand it burned

    vaiyicharH2734 →91 times

  • לְדָוִ֔דto David

    ledavidH1732 →999 times

  • עַל֩on

    ʾalH5921 →5755 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רthat

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • פָּרַ֧ץhe had broken out

    paratzH6555 →49 times

  • יְהוָ֛הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • פֶּ֖רֶץa breaking out

    peretzH6556 →

  • בְּעֻזָּ֑הagainst Uzzah

    beuzahH5798 →14 times

  • וַיִּקְרָ֞אand someone called

    vaiyikra'H7121 →733 times

  • לַמָּק֤וֹם<to> the place

    lamakomH4725 →401 times

  • הַהוּא֙<the> that

    hahu'H1931 →1879 times

  • פֶּ֣רֶץPerez

    peretzH6560 →

  • עֻזָּ֔הUzzah

    ʾuzahH6560 →

  • עַ֖דuntil

    ʾadH5704 →1261 times

  • הַיּ֥וֹםthe day

    haiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

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

Related verses

3 in all, six open

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

    Jonah 4:1

    Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.

    it leads to

    • Jonah 4:9

      Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”

    • Luke 15:28

      The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.

    • Matthew 20:15

      Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’

    • Jonah 4:4

      But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”

    • Luke 7:39

      When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she…

  • Through

    Jonah 4:9

    Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”

    it leads to

    • Job 40:4–5

      “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

    • Judges 16:16

      Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death,

    • Job 5:2

      For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Samuel

David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
David Mourns the Death of Absalom, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Samuel: the study guide →Read 2 Samuel 6 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Books of Samuel and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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