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The Lord became angry at Uzzah, and God struck him there because of his mistake,[a] and he died there next to God’s chest. Then David got angry because the Lord’s anger lashed out against Uzzah, and so that place is called Perez-uzzah today.[b]

David was frightened by the Lord that day. “How will I ever bring the Lord’s chest to me?” he asked.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 6:7 Heb uncertain; LXX lacks this phrase; cf Targ, Syr, 1 Chron 13:10 because he had placed his hand on the chest.
  2. 2 Samuel 6:8 Perez-uzzah means Uzzah-outbreak; cf 2 Sam 5:20.

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