Uzzah in Easton's Bible Dictionary
strength, a son of Abinadab, in whose house the men of
Kirjath-jearim placed the ark when it was brought back
from the
land of the Philistines (1 Sam. 7:1). He with his
brother Ahio
drove the cart on which the ark was placed when David
sought to
bring it up to Jerusalem. When the oxen stumbled,
Uzzah, in
direct violation of the divine law (Num. 4:15), put
forth his
hand to steady the ark, and was immediately smitten
unto death.
The place where this occurred was henceforth called
Perez-uzzah
(1 Chr. 13:11). David on this feared to proceed
further, and
placed the ark in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite
(2 Sam.
6:2-11; 1 Chr. 13:6-13).
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