2 Samuel 6:8

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
David	לְדָוִ֔ד le.da.Vid	H1732	David · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
displeased	וַיִּ֣חַר vai.Yi.char	H2734	to glow or grow warm · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֛ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
made	פָּרַ֧ץ pa.Ratz	H6555	to break out (in many applications · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
breach	פֶּ֖רֶץ Pe.retz	H6556	a break (literally or figuratively) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
Uzzah	בְּעֻזָּ֑ה be.'u.Zah	H5798	Uzza or Uzzah · preposition + proper noun, a man's name
called	וַיִּקְרָ֞א vai.yik.Ra'	H7121	to call out to (i.e. properly · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
place	לַמָּק֤וֹם la.ma.Kom	H4725	properly · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
Perez-uzzah	פֶּ֣רֶץ Pe.retz	H6560	Perets-Uzza · proper noun, a place name
day	הַיּ֥וֹם hai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

1 Chronicles 13:11-12 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.
Jonah 4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
Jonah 4:9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 6:6-11

We have here Uzzah struck dead for touching the ark, when it was upon its journey towards the city of David, a sad providence, which damped their mirth, stopped the progress of the ark, and for the present, dispersed this great assembly, which had come together to attend it, and sent them home in a fright. I. Uzzah's offence seems very small. He and his brother Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, in whose house the ark had long been lodged, having been used to attend it, to show their willingness to prefer the public benefit to their own private honour and advantage, undertook to drive the cart in which the ark was carried, this being perhaps the last service they were likely to do it; for others wo…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 6:6

UZZAH SMITTEN. (Sa2 6:6-11) they came to Nachon's threshing-floor--or Chidon's (Ch1 13:9). The Chaldee version renders the words, "came to the place prepared for the reception of the ark," that is, near the city of David (Sa2 6:13). the oxen shook it--or, "stumbled" (Ch1 13:9). Fearing that the ark was in danger of being overturned, Uzzah, under the impulse of momentary feeling, laid hold of it to keep it steady. Whether it fell and crushed him, or some sudden disease attacked him, he fell dead upon the spot. This melancholy occurrence not only threw a cloud over the joyous scene, but entirely stopped the procession; for the ark was left where it then was, in the near neighborhood of the…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 6:7

Smote him there for his error - Uzzah sinned through ignorance and precipitancy; he had not time to reflect, the oxen suddenly stumbled; and, fearing lest the ark should fall, he suddenly stretched out his hand to prevent it. Had he touched the ark with impunity, the populace might have lost their respect for it and its sacred service, the example of Uzzah must have filled them with fear and sacred reverence; and, as to Uzzah, no man can doubt of his eternal safety. He committed a sin unto death, but doubtless the mercy of God was extended to his soul.

The Church Fathers

When the ark of the Lord was being transferred to Jerusalem, and the oxen kicked and made the wagon lean to one side, Uzzah, the Levite, reached out his hand to support the ark that had been tipped, and there follow immediately these words: "And the indignation of the Lord was enkindled against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his ignorance, and he died before the ark of God. And David was grieved because the Lord had struck Uzzah, and he was afraid of the Lord that day and said, 'How shall the ark of the Lord come to me?' " When David, who was a just man and a prophet and had been anointed as king, whom the Lord chose according to his own heart that he might do his will in all things, saw ignorance punished by the wrath of the Lord, he was afraid and was grieved; nor did he ask the Lord his reason for striking a man who was ignorant, but he feared a similar judgment happening to him.
— Jerome, Against the Pelagians 1.33

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Dictionary and topics

Ark — Noah’s ark, a building of gopher-wood, and covered with pitch, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits broad, and 30 cubits high (Gen. 6:14-16); an oblong floating house of three stories, with a door in the side…
Chidon — Dart, the name of the threshing-floor at which the death of Uzzah took place (1 Chr. 13:9). In the parallel passage in Samuel (2 Sam. 6:6) it is called “Nachon’s threshing-floor.” It was a place not…
Chronicles, Books of — The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., “Acts of the Days.” This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version “Chronicon,” and hence…
David — Beloved, the eighth and youngest son of Jesse, a citizen of Bethlehem. His father seems to have been a man in humble life. His mother’s name is not recorded. Some think she was the Nahash of 2 Sam.…
Obed-Edom — Servant of Edom. (1.) “The Gittite” (probably so called because he was a native of Gath-rimmon), a Levite of the family of the Korhites (1 Chr. 26:1, 4-8), to whom was specially intrusted the custody…
Perez-uzzah — The breach of Uzzah, a place where God “burst forth upon Uzzah, so that he died,” when he rashly “took hold” of the ark (2 Sam. 6:6-8). It was not far from Kirjath-jearim (q.v.).
Perezuzza — (breaking of Uzzah), (1 Chronicles 13:11) and PEREZ-UZZAH (2 Samuel 6:8) the title which David conferred on the threshing-floor of Nachon or Cidon, in commemoration of the sudden death of Uzzah.…
Tabernacle — (1.) A house or dwelling-place (Job 5:24; 18:6, etc.). (2.) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24) containing the image of Moloch (Amos 5:26; marg. and R.V., “Siccuth”). (3.) The human body (2 Cor.…
Uzzah — Strength, a son of Abinadab, in whose house the men of Kirjath-jearim placed the ark when it was brought back from the land of the Philistines (1 Sam. 7:1). He with his brother Ahio drove the cart on…
Ark Of The Covenant · Removed from Kirjath-jearim to the house of Obed-edom

2 Samuel 6:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 6:6-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 6:6

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 6:7

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Samuel 6:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 6:6-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 6:6

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 6:7

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 2 Samuel 6:8

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 6:1-10

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 6:8

Rashi on 2 Samuel 6:7