2 Samuel 6:8
in 2 Samuel 6Then 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
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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 put forth his hand
on 2 Samuel 6:6-8
Uzzah reaches out to steady the ark when the oxen stumble at Nachon's threshingfloor, called Chidon in the parallel at 1 Chronicles 13:9, one of the small naming variants between the two histories. His hand breaks the very prohibition Numbers 4:15 had stated as a matter of life and death, and the anger of the Lord answers it there at the threshingfloor. David's own word for it, error, is left to the reader; the readings divide over whether the fault is Uzzah's presumption alone or David's failure to have the Levites carry the ark as commanded, and both stand in the commentators without one displacing the other. He names the place Perez-uzzah, the breach of Uzzah, a name that stayed on the map to the narrator's own day.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
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,....
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 & Brown1802–1910
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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּ֣חַר | vaiyichar | and it burned | H2734 → | 91 times |
| לְדָוִ֔ד | ledavid | to David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| עַל֩ | ʾal | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| פָּרַ֧ץ | paratz | he had broken out | H6555 → | 49 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| פֶּ֖רֶץ | peretz | a breaking out | H6556 → | |
| בְּעֻזָּ֑ה | beuzah | against Uzzah | H5798 → | 14 times |
| וַיִּקְרָ֞א | vaiyikra' | and someone called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| לַמָּק֤וֹם | lamakom | <to> the place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| הַהוּא֙ | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| פֶּ֣רֶץ | peretz | Perez | H6560 → | |
| עֻזָּ֔ה | ʾuzah | Uzzah | H6560 → | |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַיּ֥וֹם | haiyom | the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
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.
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
Jonah 4:1Jonah, 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…
- Jonah 4:9
Through
Jonah 4:9Then 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.
- Job 40:4–5
Where this verse is studied
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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.