1 Chronicles 10:9

10:9 They stripped his corpse, and then carried off his head and his armor. They sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines proclaiming the news to their idols and their people.

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 14:1

David’s Prestige Grows

14:1 King Hiram of Tyre ⁵  sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, ⁶  and carpenters to build a palace for him.

1 Chronicles 19:4

19:4 So Hanun seized David’s servants and shaved their beards off. ⁷  He cut off the lower part of their robes so that their buttocks were exposed ⁸  and then sent them away.

[13:9]  ¹ tn Or “to steady.”

[13:10]  ¹ tn Heb “and the anger of the Lord burned against Uzzah.”

[13:10]  ² tn Heb “because he stretched out his hand over the ark.”

[13:10]  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.

[14:1]  ¹ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[14:1]  ² tn Heb “craftsman of a wall,” that is, masons skilled at building stone walls.

[19:4]  ¹ tn Heb “shaved them.” See v. 5.

[19:4]  ² tn Heb “and he cut their robes in the middle unto the buttocks.”