Holy Scripture

2 Samuel 6:8

A church father on this verse
“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 h…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Against the Pelagians 1.33

Source: Septuagint

Original

8And David was dispirited because the Lord made a breach upon Uzzah; and that place was called the breach of Uzzah until this day.

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6And they come as far as the threshing floor of Nacon: and Uzzah reached forth his hand to the ark of God to keep it steady, and took hold of it; for the ox shook it out of its place.

7And the Lord was very angry with Uzzah; and God smote him there: and he died there by the ark of the Lord before God.

— 2 Samuel 6:8 —

9And David feared the Lord in that day, saying, How shall the ark of the Lord come in to me?

10And David would not bring in the ark of the covenant of the Lord to himself into the city of David: and David turned it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

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