“Yahweh’s anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by God’s ark.”
2 Samuel 6:7 (WEB)
Context Reading
5David and all the house of Israel played before Yahweh with all kinds of instruments made of cypress wood, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with castanets, and with cymbals. 6When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached for God’s ark and took hold of it, for the cattle stumbled. 7Yahweh’s anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by God’s ark. 8David was displeased because Yahweh had broken out against Uzzah; and he called that place Perez Uzzahto this day. 9David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, “How could Yahweh’s ark come to me?”