Discovery Box1 Chronicles 13:10 
Context13:10 The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, 1 he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark. 2 He died right there before God. 3
1 Chronicles 15:25-26
Context15:25 So David, the leaders of Israel, and the commanders of units of a thousand went to bring up the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the house of Obed-Edom with celebration. 15:26 When God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the Lord’s covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
1 Chronicles 15:28
Context15:28 All Israel brought up the ark of the Lord’s covenant; they were shouting, blowing trumpets, sounding cymbals, and playing stringed instruments.
1 Chronicles 16:37
Context16:37 David 4 left Asaph and his colleagues there before the ark of the Lord’s covenant to serve before the ark regularly and fulfill each day’s requirements, 5
1 Chronicles 16:39
Context16:39 Zadok the priest and his fellow priests served 6 before the Lord’s tabernacle at the worship center 7 in Gibeon,
1 tn Heb “and the anger of the
2 tn Heb “because he stretched out his hand over the ark.”
3 sn The modern reader might think God seemed to overreact here, but Israel needed a vivid object lesson of God’s holiness. By loading the ark on a cart, David had violated the instructions in God’s law (Exod 25:12-14; Num 4:5-6, 15). Uzzah’s action, however innocent it may seem, betrayed a certain lack of reverence for God’s presence. God had to remind his people that his holiness could not under any circumstances be violated.
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “according to the matter of the day in its day.”
6 tn The word “served” is supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
7 tn Or “high place.”
