Uzzah Summary
STEPBible TIPNR
Uzzah died while moving the ark; the place was named Perez-uzzah.
son of Abinadab (2SA 6:3) who died for touching the ark (2SA 6:7)
Lineage: Abinadab › Uzzah
Names
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Uzzah
strength; goat
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Uzzah
· Also called · H5798 none · 2SA 6:3 strong, fierce one
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Uzza
· Also called · H5798 none · 1CH 13:9 strong, fierce one
- en Perez-uzzah · Also called
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uza · H5798 · 2SA 6:3 strong, fierce one
- he עֻזָּא · H5798A
- he פֶּרֶץ עֻזָּא · H6560H
- el Οζα Oza · none · 2SA 6:3
- bg Оза
Death
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Dates and sources (2)
Absolute years are conditional chronological estimates. A biblical passage may state an age or event, but does not by itself establish a BCE year. Different calendar systems are preserved separately.
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Death BibleData Matches the current date; this is not historical verificationAH with conditional Ussher anchor:
2958→ ≈ 1047 BCSource record and calculation
Death_Uzzah_1·event_year_ahbibledata/BibleData-Event.csv· record 238The year of Uzzah_1's death is the year David moves the ark to Jerusalem = 2958SHA-256:54bbc4d4e6d0a9b4990b6daef2822cc25d303498c8dd2021efcc5f86c31e1359 -
Death BibleData Alternative estimateBibleData BCE year:
1004→ ≈ 1004 BCSource record and calculation
Death_Uzzah_1·bce_yearbibledata/BibleData-Event.csv· record 238The year of Uzzah_1's death is the year David moves the ark to Jerusalem = 2958SHA-256:54bbc4d4e6d0a9b4990b6daef2822cc25d303498c8dd2021efcc5f86c31e1359
Uzzah Article
STEPBible TIPNR
Uzzah was a man who died while transporting the ark of the covenant. He and his brother Ahio were guiding the cart carrying the ark when the oxen stumbled. Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the ark, but God struck him down for his irreverent act, and he died there beside the ark. The place where this occurred was named Perez-uzzah, which means "outbreak against Uzzah," and David was angry and afraid because of this divine judgment. The ark was then taken aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
Uzzah Dictionary
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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 when David sought to bring it up to Jerusalem. When the oxen stumbled, Uzzah, in direct violation of the divine law (Num. 4:15), put forth his hand to steady the ark, and was immediately smitten unto death. The place where this occurred was henceforth called Perez-uzzah (1 Chr. 13:11). David on this feared to proceed further, and placed the ark in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite (2 Sam. 6:2-11; 1 Chr. 13:6-13).
Sources: BibleData (CC BY 4.0, Uzzah_1) · STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0, Uzzah@2Sa.6.3-1Ch) · Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0, uzzah_2916)