World English Bible
2 Samuel 6:8
“David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken forth on Uzzah; and he called that place Perez Uzzah, to this day.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 6
When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put forth [his hand] to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the cattle stumbled.
The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Uzzah; and God struck him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken forth on Uzzah; and he called that place Perez Uzzah, to this day.
David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, "How shall the ark of Yahweh come to me?
So David would not move the ark of Yahweh to be with him in the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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