1 Chronicles 13:10

13:10 The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, 1  he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark. 2  He died right there before God. 3 

1 Chronicles 16:40

16:40 regularly offering burnt sacrifices to the Lord on the altar for burnt sacrifice, morning and evening, according to what is prescribed in the law of the Lord which he charged Israel to observe. 4 

1 Chronicles 25:2

25:2 From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. The sons of Asaph were supervised by Asaph, who prophesied under the king’s supervision. 5 

1 Chronicles 28:5

28:5 From all the many sons the Lord has given me, he chose Solomon my son to rule on his behalf over Israel. 6 

1 tn Heb “and the anger of the Lord burned against Uzzah.”

2 tn Heb “because he stretched out his hand over the ark.”

3 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.

4 tn Heb “which he commanded Israel.”

7 tn Heb “the sons of Asaph [were] upon the hand of Asaph, the one prophesying upon the hands of the king.”

10 tn Heb “from all my sons, for many sons the Lord has given to me, he chose Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.”