When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached for God’s ark and took hold of it, for the cattle stumbled.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
2 Samuel 6:6 in context
2 Samuel 6:3–9
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They set God’s ark on a new cart, and brought it out of Abinadab’s house that was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.
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They brought it out of Abinadab’s house which was in the hill, with God’s ark; and Ahio went before the ark.
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David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD with all kinds of instruments made of cypress wood, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with castanets, and with cymbals.
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When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached for God’s ark and took hold of it, for the cattle stumbled.
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The LORD’s anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by God’s ark.
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David was displeased because the LORD had broken out against Uzzah; and he called that place Perez Uzzah to this day.
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David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, “How could the LORD’s ark come to me?”
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