1 Chronicles 13:9-10

13:9 When they arrived at the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to take hold of ¹  the ark, because the oxen stumbled. 13:10 The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, ²  he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark. ³  He died right there before God. ⁴ 

1 Chronicles 13:13

13:13 So David did not move the ark to the City of David; ⁵  he left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

1 Chronicles 15:27

15:27 David was wrapped in a linen robe, as were all the Levites carrying the ark, the musicians, and Kenaniah the supervisor of transport and the musicians; ⁶  David also wore a linen ephod. ⁷ 

1 Chronicles 16:37

David Appoints Worship Leaders

16:37 David ⁸  left Asaph and his colleagues there before the ark of the Lord’s covenant to serve before the ark regularly and fulfill each day’s requirements, ⁹ 

¹ tn Or “to steady.”

² tn Heb “and the anger of the Lord burned against Uzzah.”

³ tn Heb “because he stretched out his hand over the ark.”

⁴ 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.

³ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

⁴ tn Heb “the leader, the lifting up, the musicians.” See also the note on the word “matter” in v. 22.

⁵ sn An ephod was a priestly garment worn over the robe.

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “according to the matter of the day in its day.”