1 Chronicles 13:9

When they came to Chidon’s threshing floor, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.

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WEBBE

When they came to Chidon’s threshing floor, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled.

BSB

When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.

KJV

And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.

ASV

And when they came unto the threshing-floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.

BBE

And when they came to the grain-floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to keep the ark in its place, for the oxen were slipping.

Original Hebrew

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וַיָּבֹאוּ vai·ya·vo·'u and they came H935 עַד־ 'ad- to H5704 גֹּרֶן go·ren [the] threshing floor of H1637 כִּידֹן ki·don Kidon H3592 וַיִּשְׁלַח vai·yish·lach and he stretched out H7971 עֻזָּא 'u·za' Uzzah H5798 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 יָדוֹ ya·do hand his H3027 לֶאֱחֹז le·'e·choz to grasp H270 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הָאָרוֹן ha·'a·ron the ark H727 כִּי ki for H3588 שָׁמְטוּ sha·me·tu they stumbled H8058 הַבָּקָר ha·ba·kar the ox[en] H1241

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 6–14

Let the sin of Uzza warn all to take heed of presumption, rashness, and irreverence, in dealing with holy things; and let none think that a good design will justify a bad action. Let the punishment of Uzza teach us not to dare to trifle with God in our approaches to him; yet let us, through Christ, come boldly to the throne of grace. If the gospel be to some a savour of death unto death, as the ark was to Uzza, yet let us receive it in the love of it, and it will be to us a savour of life unto life.

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2 Samuel 6:6

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Uzzah

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UzzahNachonChidon

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.