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1 Chronicles 13:8-12

1 Chronicles 13:8

David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

1 Chronicles 13:9

When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, because the oxen nearly overturned it.

1 Chronicles 13:10

But the anger of the Lord burned against Uzza, so He struck him because he had put out his hand toward the ark; and he died there before God.

1 Chronicles 13:11

Then David became angry because of the Lord’s outburst against Uzza; and he called that place Perez-uzza as it is to this day.

1 Chronicles 13:12

David was afraid of God that day, saying, “How can I bring the ark of God home to me?”