Discovery Box1 Chronicles 6:15 
Context6:15 Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent the people of 1 Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
1 Chronicles 13:9-10
Context13:9 When they arrived at the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to take hold of 2 the ark, because the oxen stumbled. 13:10 The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, 3 he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark. 4 He died right there before God. 5
1 Chronicles 20:8
Context20:8 These were the descendants of Rapha who lived in Gath; they were killed 6 by the hand of David and his soldiers. 7
1 tn The words “the people of” are added in the translation for clarification.
2 tn Or “to steady.”
3 tn Heb “and the anger of the
4 tn Heb “because he stretched out his hand over the ark.”
5 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.
6 tn Heb “they fell.”
7 tn Heb “his servants.”
