Person

Uzzah

Name means
strength; goat
Mentioned
8 verses · first in 2 Samuel 6:3

Family

ParentsAbinadab
Uzzah
Brothers & sistersAhioEleazar

About Uzzah

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).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Every mention

2 Samuel 6:3, 6:6–8
1 Chronicles 13:7, 13:9–11

People data: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0). Dates are traditional estimates.