2 Samuel 3:25

3:25 You know Abner the son of Ner! Surely he came here to spy on you and to determine when you leave and when you return and to discover everything that you are doing!”

2 Samuel 6:8

6:8 David was angry because the Lord attacked Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, which remains its name to this very day.


tn Heb “your going out and your coming in.” The expression is a merism. It specifically mentions the polar extremities of the actions but includes all activity in between the extremities as well, thus encompassing the entirety of one’s activities.

tn Heb “because the Lord broke out [with] a breaking out [i.e., an outburst] against Uzzah.”

sn The name Perez Uzzah means in Hebrew “the outburst [against] Uzzah.”