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2 Samuel 6:8

Then David got angry because of God 's deadly outburst against Uzzah. That place is still called Perez Uzzah (The-Explosion-Against-Uzzah). David became fearful of God that day and said, "This Chest is too hot to handle. How can I ever get it back to the City of David?" He refused to take the Chest of God a step farther. Instead, David removed it off the road and to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. The Chest of God stayed at the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months. And God prospered Obed-Edom and his entire household.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - David;   Kirjath-Jearim;   Miracles;   Murmuring;   Perez-Uzza;   Presumption;   Uzzah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ark of the Covenant;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Perez-Uzzah;   Uzzah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jerusalem;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Obed-Edom;   Perez-Uzzah;   Tabernacle;   Uzzah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dance;   Perez-Uzza;   Rimmon Parez;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Kiriath-Jearim;   Kohathites;   Obed-Edom;   Perez-Uzzah;   Purity-Purification;   Samuel, Books of;   Transportation and Travel;   Uzzah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Breach;   Chronicles, I;   Jerusalem;   Priests and Levites;   Uzza;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Perezuzzah, or Perezuzza ;   Uzza, Uzzah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Nachon;   Pharez;   Uzzah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Jerusalem;   Obed-edom;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Pe'rez-Uz'za;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Make;   Nacon, the Threshing Floor of;   Uzza;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ark of the covenant;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Uzza, Uzzah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
David was angry because of the Lord’s outburst against Uzzah, so he named that place Outburst Against Uzzah, as it is today.
Hebrew Names Version
David was displeased, because the LORD had broken forth on Uzzah; and he called that place Peretz-Uzzah, to this day.
King James Version
And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.
Lexham English Bible
David was angry because Yahweh had burst out against Uzza, and he called that place Perez-Uzza until this day.
English Standard Version
And David was angry because the Lord had broken out against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzzah to this day.
New Century Version
David was angry because the Lord had killed Uzzah. Now that place is called the Punishment of Uzzah.
New English Translation
David was angry because the Lord attacked Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, which remains its name to this very day.
Amplified Bible
David became angry and grieved and offended because of the LORD'S outburst against Uzzah, and that place has been called Perez-uzzah (outburst against Uzzah) to this day.
New American Standard Bible
Then David became angry because of the LORD'S outburst against Uzzah; and that place has been called Perez-uzzah to this day.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Dauid was displeased, because the Lord had smitten Vzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez Vzzah vntill this day.
Legacy Standard Bible
And David became angry because of Yahweh's breaking out against Uzzah; and that place is called Perez-uzzah to this day.
Contemporary English Version
David got angry at God for killing Uzzah. He named that place "Bursting Out Against Uzzah," and that's what it's still called.
Complete Jewish Bible
It upset David that Adonai had broken out against ‘Uzah; that place has been called Peretz-‘Uzah [breaking-out of ‘Uzah] ever since.
Darby Translation
And David was indignant, because Jehovah had made a breach upon Uzzah; and he called that place Perez-Uzzah to this day.
Easy-to-Read Version
David was upset because the Lord had killed Uzzah. David called that place "Perez Uzzah." It is still called Perez Uzzah today.
George Lamsa Translation
And David was displeased because the LORD had stricken Uzzah; and he called the name of that place Toraetha-uzzah, and so it is called even to this day.
Good News Translation
and so that place has been called Perez Uzzah ever since. David was furious because the Lord had punished Uzzah in anger.
Literal Translation
And it angered David because Jehovah broke out a break against Uzzah. And one calls that place The Breaking of Uzzah to this day.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then was Dauid sory, because the LORDE had made soch a rente vpon Vsa, and he called the same place Perez Vsa vnto this daye.
American Standard Version
And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzzah; and he called that place Perez-uzzah, unto this day.
Bible in Basic English
And David was angry because of the Lord's outburst of wrath against Uzzah: and he gave that place the name Perez-uzzah, which is its name to this day.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Dauid was displeased, because the Lorde had smitten Uzza: And he called the name of the place Perez Uzza, vntill this day.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And David was displeased, because the LORD had broken forth upon Uzzah; and that place was called Perez-uzzah, unto this day.
King James Version (1611)
And Dauid was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach vpon Uzzah: And hee called the name of the place, Perez-Uzzah to this day.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David was dispirited because the Lord made a breach upon Oza; and that place was called the breach of Oza until this day.
English Revised Version
And David was displeased, because the LORD had broken forth upon Uzzah: and he called that place Perez–uzzah, unto this day.
Berean Standard Bible
Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Dauid was sori, for the Lord hadde smyte Oza; and the name of that place was clepid the Smytyng of Oza `til in to this dai.
Young's Literal Translation
And it is displeasing to David, because that Jehovah hath broken forth a breach upon Uzzah, and [one] calleth that place Perez-Uzzah, unto this day;
Update Bible Version
And David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken forth on Uzzah; and he called that place Perez-uzzah, to this day.
Webster's Bible Translation
And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez-uzzah to this day.
World English Bible
David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken forth on Uzzah; and he called that place Perez-uzzah, to this day.
New King James Version
And David became angry because of the Lord's outbreak against Uzzah; and he called the name of the place Perez Uzzah [fn] to this day.
New Living Translation
David was angry because the Lord 's anger had burst out against Uzzah. He named that place Perez-uzzah (which means "to burst out against Uzzah"), as it is still called today.
New Life Bible
David became angry because the Lord had gone against Uzzah. So that place is called Perez-uzzah to this day.
New Revised Standard
David was angry because the Lord had burst forth with an outburst upon Uzzah; so that place is called Perez-uzzah, to this day.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it was a sadness unto David, for that Yahweh had broken in with a breach against Uzzah, - therefore called he that place, Perez-uzzah as it is called until this day.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And David was grieved because the Lord had struck Oza, and the name of that place was called: The striking of Oza, to this day.
Revised Standard Version
And David was angry because the LORD had broken forth upon Uzzah; and that place is called Pe'rez-uz'zah, to this day.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
David became angry because of the LORD'S outburst against Uzzah, and that place is called Perez-uzzah to this day.

Contextual Overview

8Then David got angry because of God 's deadly outburst against Uzzah. That place is still called Perez Uzzah (The-Explosion-Against-Uzzah). David became fearful of God that day and said, "This Chest is too hot to handle. How can I ever get it back to the City of David?" He refused to take the Chest of God a step farther. Instead, David removed it off the road and to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. The Chest of God stayed at the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months. And God prospered Obed-Edom and his entire household.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

displeased: 1 Chronicles 13:11, 1 Chronicles 13:12, Jonah 4:1, Jonah 4:9

made: Heb. broken

Perezuzzah: that is, The breach of Uzzah

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 15:13 - the Lord Psalms 119:120 - My flesh Lamentations 3:39 - a man Luke 8:37 - besought

Cross-References

Genesis 6:17
"I'm going to bring a flood on the Earth that will destroy everything alive under Heaven. Total destruction.
Psalms 145:20
God sticks by all who love him, but it's all over for those who don't.
Proverbs 12:2
A good person basks in the delight of God , and he wants nothing to do with devious schemers.
Jeremiah 31:2
This is the way God put it: "They found grace out in the desert, these people who survived the killing. Israel, out looking for a place to rest, met God out looking for them!" God told them, "I've never quit loving you and never will. Expect love, love, and more love! And so now I'll start over with you and build you up again, dear virgin Israel. You'll resume your singing, grabbing tambourines and joining the dance. You'll go back to your old work of planting vineyards on the Samaritan hillsides, And sit back and enjoy the fruit— oh, how you'll enjoy those harvests! The time's coming when watchmen will call out from the hilltops of Ephraim: ‘On your feet! Let's go to Zion, go to meet our God !'"
Romans 4:4
If you're a hard worker and do a good job, you deserve your pay; we don't call your wages a gift. But if you see that the job is too big for you, that it's something only God can do, and you trust him to do it—you could never do it for yourself no matter how hard and long you worked—well, that trusting-him-to-do-it is what gets you set right with God, by God. Sheer gift.
Romans 11:6
The Loyal Minority Does this mean, then, that God is so fed up with Israel that he'll have nothing more to do with them? Hardly. Remember that I, the one writing these things, am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham out of the tribe of Benjamin. You can't get much more Semitic than that! So we're not talking about repudiation. God has been too long involved with Israel, has too much invested, to simply wash his hands of them. Do you remember that time Elijah was agonizing over this same Israel and cried out in prayer? God, they murdered your prophets, They trashed your altars; I'm the only one left and now they're after me! And do you remember God's answer? I still have seven thousand who haven't quit, Seven thousand who are loyal to the finish. It's the same today. There's a fiercely loyal minority still—not many, perhaps, but probably more than you think. They're holding on, not because of what they think they're going to get out of it, but because they're convinced of God's grace and purpose in choosing them. If they were only thinking of their own immediate self-interest, they would have left long ago.
1 Corinthians 15:10
But because God was so gracious, so very generous, here I am. And I'm not about to let his grace go to waste. Haven't I worked hard trying to do more than any of the others? Even then, my work didn't amount to all that much. It was God giving me the work to do, God giving me the energy to do it. So whether you heard it from me or from those others, it's all the same: We spoke God's truth and you entrusted your lives.
Titus 2:11
God's readiness to give and forgive is now public. Salvation's available for everyone! We're being shown how to turn our backs on a godless, indulgent life, and how to take on a God-filled, God-honoring life. This new life is starting right now, and is whetting our appetites for the glorious day when our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, appears. He offered himself as a sacrifice to free us from a dark, rebellious life into this good, pure life, making us a people he can be proud of, energetic in goodness.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah,.... He could not easily submit, and be reconciled to the providence; his heart was ready to rise up against God, and murmur at him for striking him dead in such an awful manner, for so small a matter as this might seem to be; and the rather, as this put a stop to the procession, and cast a damp upon their joy and mirth on this occasion, and might seem to be an ill omen to David, and be improved by his enemies against him:

and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah unto this day; the name he gave the place, which signifies "the breach of Uzzah", continued to the time of writing this book.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Displeased - Grief allied to anger seems to be intended. Compare 1 Samuel 15:11 note. On the name of the place, compare 2 Samuel 5:20.


 
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