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1 Chronicles 13:8-10
New English Translation

8 while David and all Israel were energetically[a] celebrating before God, singing and playing various stringed instruments,[b] tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. 9 When they arrived at the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to take hold of[c] the ark, because the oxen stumbled. 10 The Lord was so furious with Uzzah,[d] he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark.[e] He died right there before God.[f]

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  1. 1 Chronicles 13:8 tn Heb “with all strength.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 13:8 tn Heb “with songs and with zithers [meaning uncertain] and with harps.” Due to the collocation with “harps,” some type of stringed instrument is probably in view.
  3. 1 Chronicles 13:9 tn Or “to steady.”
  4. 1 Chronicles 13:10 tn Heb “and the anger of the Lord burned against Uzzah.”
  5. 1 Chronicles 13:10 tn Heb “because he stretched out his hand over the ark.”
  6. 1 Chronicles 13:10 sn The modern reader might think God seemed to overreact here, but Israel needed a vivid object lesson of God’s holiness. By loading the ark on a cart, David had violated the instructions in God’s law (Exod 25:12-14; Num 4:5-6, 15). Uzzah’s action, however innocent it may seem, betrayed a certain lack of reverence for God’s presence. God had to remind his people that his holiness could not under any circumstances be violated.
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