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Uzzah Meets Disaster
13:1 David consulted with his military officers , including those who led groups of a thousand and those who led groups of a hundred . 13:2 David said to the whole Israelite assembly , “If you so desire and the Lord our God approves, let’s spread the word to our brothers who remain in all the regions of Israel , and to the priests and Levites in their cities , so they may join us. 13:3 Let’s move the ark of our God back here , for we did not seek his will throughout Saul’s reign .” 13:4 The whole assembly agreed to do this , for the proposal seemed right to all the people . 13:5 So David assembled all Israel from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo Hamath , to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim . 13:6 David and all Israel went up to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim ) in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord , who sits enthroned between the cherubim – the ark that is called by his name . 13:7 They transported the ark on a new cart from the house of Abinadab ; Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart ,

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  • David

    [isbe] DAVID - da'-vid (dawidh, or dawidh, "beloved"; Daueid, also in New Testament, Dauid, Dabid; see Thayer's Lexicon): I. NAME AND GENEALOGY II. EARLY YEARS 1. Shepherd 2. Slinger 3. Harpist 4. Poet 5. Psalmist 6. Tribesman III....
    [nave] DAVID 1. King of Israel. Genealogy of, Ruth 4:18-22; 1 Sam. 16:11; 17:12; 1 Chr. 2:3-15; Matt. 1:1-6; Luke 3:31-38. A shepherd, 1 Sam. 16:11. Kills a lion and a bear, 1 Sam. 17:34-36. Anointed king, while a youth, by the ...

  • Abinadab

    [ebd] father of nobleness; i.e., "noble." (1.) A Levite of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house the ark of the covenant was deposited after having been brought back from the land of the Philistines (1 Sam. 7:1). It remained there twenty...
    [isbe] ABINADAB - a-bin'-a-dab ('abhinadhabh, "father of willingness," or, "my father is willing." This is according to the ordinary usage of the second word in the name--"willing" rather than "munificent" or "noble"): (1) The man ...
    [smith] A Levite, a native of Kirjath-jearim, in whose house the ark remained 20 years. (1 Samuel 7:1,2; 1 Chronicles 13:7) (B.C. 1124.) Second son of Jesse, who followed Saul to his war against the Philistines, (1 Samuel 1...
    [nave] ABINADAB 1. A Levite, in whose house the ark of God rested twenty years, 1 Sam. 7:1, 2; 2 Sam. 6:3, 4; 1 Chr. 13:7. 2. Son of Jesse, 1 Sam. 16:8; 17:13. 3. Called also Ishui, son of Saul, 1 Sam. 14:49; 31:2. 4. Father of ...

  • Chronicles, Books of

    [ebd] The two books were originally one. They bore the title in the Massoretic Hebrew Dibre hayyamim, i.e., "Acts of the Days." This title was rendered by Jerome in his Latin version "Chronicon," and hence "Chronicles." In the Sep...

  • Israel

    [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...

  • ARK OF THE COVENANT

    [isbe] ARK OF THE COVENANT - kuv'-e-nant ('aron ha-berith): I. The Statements of the Old Testament Concerning the Ark of the Covenant. 1. Pentateuch: In Ex 25:10 ff, Moses receives the command to build an ark of acacia wood. Within...

  • Tact

    [nave] TACT Prov. 15:1; 25:15. In preaching, 1 Cor. 9:19-22; 2 Cor. 12:6. Of Gideon, Judg. 8:1-3. Of Saul, in managing malcontents, 1 Sam. 10:27; 11:7, 12-15. Nabal's wife, Abigail, 1 Sam. 25:18-37. In David's popular methods:...

  • Ahio

    [ebd] brotherly. (1.) One of the sons of Beriah (1 Chr. 8:14). (2.) One of the sons of Jehiel the Gibeonite (1 Chr. 8:31; 9:37). (3.) One of the sons of Abinadab the Levite. While Uzzah went by the side of the ark, he walked befor...
    [isbe] AHIO - a-hi'-o ('achyo, variously explained as "his brother," "brotherly," "brother of Yahweh," "my brother is Yah"): Proper names containing a similar form of the name of Yahweh are found on the ostraca recently exhumed at ...
    [smith] (brotherly). Son of Abinadab, who accompanied the ark when it was brought out of his father?s house. (2 Samuel 6:3,4; 1 Chronicles 13:7) (B.C.1043.) A Benjamite, one of the sons of Beriah. (1 Chronicles 8:14) A Benj...
    [nave] AHIO 1. A Levite, who drove the cart bearing the ark, 2 Sam. 6:3, 4; 1 Chr. 13:7. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:14. 3. Son of Jehiel, 1 Chr. 8:31; 9:37.

  • Kirjath-jearim

    [nave] KIRJATH-JEARIM, called also Baalah, one of the four cities of the Gibeonites. Inhabitants of, not killed, on account of the covenant made by the Israelites with the Gibeonites, but put under servitude, Josh. 9:17, with verses...

  • Sihor

    [ebd] (correctly Shi'hor) black; dark the name given to the river Nile in Isa. 23:3; Jer. 2:18. In Josh. 13:3 it is probably "the river of Egypt", i.e., the Wady el-Arish (1 Chr. 13:5), which flows "before Egypt", i.e., in a north...
    [smith] (dark), accurately Shi?hor, once The Shihor, or Shihor of Egypt, when unqualified a name of the Nile. It is held to signify "the black" or "turbid." In Jeremiah the identity of Shihor with the Nile seems distinctly stated. (J...
    [nave] SIHOR, called also Shihor. A river of Egypt, given by some authorities as the Nile, Josh. 13:3; 1 Chr. 13:5; Isa. 23:3; Jer. 2:18.

  • Uzzah

    [ebd] 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...
    [nave] UZZAH 1. Called also Uzza, son of Abinadab. Driver of the cart in moving the ark, 2 Sam. 6:3; 1 Chr. 13:7. Stricken dead for touching the ark, 2 Sam. 6:6-8; 1 Chr. 13:9-11. 2. See: Uzza, 2.

  • BAALAH

    [ebd] mistress; city. (1.) A city in the south of Judah (Josh. 15:29), elsewhere called Balah (Josh. 19:3) and Bilhah (1 Chr. 4:29). Now Khurbet Zebalah. (2.) A city on the northern border of the tribe of Judah (Josh. 15:10), call...
    [isbe] BAALAH - ba'-a-la ba`alah; "possessor," "mistress "): Three occurrences of this name: (1) = KIRIATH-JEARIM (which see) (Josh 15:9,10; 1 Ch 13:6). (2) A city in the Negeb of Judah (Josh 15:29). In Josh 19:3 Balah and in 1 Ch ...

  • KIRJATHJEARIM

    [smith] (the city of forests), first mentioned as one of the four cities of the Gibeonites, (Joshua 9:17) it next occurs as one of the landmarks of the northern boundary of Judah, ch (Joshua 15:9) and as the point at which the wester...

  • SHIHOR

    [ebd] dark, (1 Chr. 13:5), the southwestern boundary of Canaan, the Wady el-'Arish. (See SIHOR; NILE.)
    [isbe] SHIHOR - shi'-hor (shichor, also written without a yodh (y) and waw (w) in Hebrew and incorrectly "Sihor" in English): A stream of water mentioned in connection with Egypt. Joshua (13:3) speaks of the "Shihor, which is befor...

  • UZZA, OR UZZAH

    [smith] (strength), one of the sons of Abinadab, in whose house at Kirjath-jearim the ark rested for twenty years. Uzzah probably was the second and Ahio the third. They both accompanied its removal when David first undertook to carr...

  • UZZA

    [smith] (strength). A Benjamite of the sons of Ehud. (1 Chronicles 8:7) (B.C. 1445.) Elsewhere called UZZA, OR UZZAH. (1 Chronicles 13:7,9,10,11) [UZZA, OR UZZAH] The children of Uzza were a family of Nethinim who returned wit...

  • BAAL

    [smith] geographical. This word occurs as the prefix or suffix to the names of several places in Palestine, some of which are as follows: BAAL a town of Simeon, named only in (1 Chronicles 4:33) which from the parallel list in (J...

  • Levites

    [nave] LEVITES The descendants of Levi. Set apart as ministers of religion, Num. 1:47-54; 3:6-16; 16:9; 26:57-62; Deut. 10:8; 1 Chr. 15:2. Substituted in the place of the firstborn, Num. 3:12, 41-45; 8:14, 16-18; 18:6. Religious ...

  • Mercy Seat

    [nave] MERCY SEAT Description of, Ex. 25:17-22. Placed on the ark of the testimony, Ex. 26:34; 30:6; 31:7; 40:20; Heb. 9:5. Materials of, to be a freewill offering, Ex. 35:4-12. Made by Bezaleel, Ex. 37:1, 6-9. Sprinkled with b...

  • UZZA; UZZAH

    [isbe] UZZA; UZZAH - uz'-a, uz'-a ('uzzah (2 Sam 6:6-8), otherwise `uzza' meaning uncertain): (1) One of those who accompanied the ark on its journey from Kiriath-jearim toward David's citadel (2 Sam 6:3-8, "Uzzah" = 1 Ch 13:7-11, ...

  • Ark

    [nave] ARK 1. Noah's. Directions for building of, Gen. 6:14-16. Noah and family preserved in, Gen. 6:18; 7:8; Matt. 24:38; Heb. 11:7; 1 Pet. 3:20. Animals saved in, Gen. 6:19, 20; 7:1-16. 2. Of Bulrushes, Ex. 2:3. 3. In the Tab...
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  • The Philistines, as we have already seen in Judges, were Israel's primary enemy to the west at this time. Samson, too, fought the Philistines (Judg. 13-16).52There are about 150 references to the Philistines in 1 and 2 Samuel...
  • The central subject of 1 and 2 Chronicles is the temple of God. Someone evidently wrote these books at the end of the Babylonian exile to encourage the Israelites to reestablish Israel's national life in the Promised Land. In...
  • I. Israel's historical roots chs. 1-9A. The lineage of David chs. 1-3B. The house of Israel chs. 4-71. The family of Judah 4:1-232. The family of Simeon 4:24-433. The families of Transjordan ch. 54. The family of Levi ch. 65....
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  • This hymn (vv. 8-36) was probably one of many that the people sang on this occasion. It expressed the hopes and thoughts of the Israelites assembled that the returned exiles needed to emulate. This thanksgiving song is a medl...
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