2 Samuel 6:7-10
Context6:7 The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, 1 he 2 killed him on the spot 3 for his negligence. 4 He died right there beside the ark of God.
6:8 David was angry because the Lord attacked 5 Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, 6 which remains its name to this very day. 6:9 David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, “How will the ark of the Lord ever come to me?” 6:10 So David was no longer willing to bring the ark of the Lord to be with him in the City of David. David left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
1 tn Heb “and the anger of the
2 tn Heb “God.”
3 tc Heb “there.” Since this same term occurs later in the verse it is translated “on the spot” here for stylistic reasons.
4 tc The phrase “his negligence” is absent from the LXX.
5 tn Heb “because the
6 sn The name Perez Uzzah means in Hebrew “the outburst [against] Uzzah.”