Uzzah

The Chastisement of Uzzah by James Tissot
Baroque painting of the death of Uzzah by Giulio Quaglio the Younger in a medaillon in Ljubljana Cathedral (1704)

According to the Tanakh, Uzzah or Uzza, meaning strength, was an Israelite whose death is associated with touching the Ark of the Covenant.

Uzzah was the 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] With his brother Ahio, he drove the cart on which the ark was placed when David sought to bring it up to Jerusalem. When the oxen stumbled, Uzzah steadied the ark with his hand, in direct violation of the divine law,[2] and he was immediately killed for his error. David, displeased because the Lord had killed Uzzah,[3] called the place where this occurred Perez-uzzah, which means "to burst out against Uzzah".[4] David was afraid to bring the ark any further, and placed it in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite[5] for three months. The Lord then blessed Obed-edom and David went and brought up the ark of God into the city of David.[3]

Other

Uzzah, son of Shimei, a Merarite.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1 Samuel 7:1
  2. ↑ Numbers 4:15
  3. 1 2 "www.Bibler.org - Dictionary - Uzzah". 2012-06-06.
  4. ↑ 2 Samuel 6:8 and 1 Chronicles 13:11, wording used by the New Living Translation
  5. ↑ 2 Samuel 6:2-11; 1 Chronicles 13:6-13
  6. ↑ "1 Chronicles 6:29". 2012-06-06.

References

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Easton, Matthew George (1897). "Uzzah". Easton's Bible Dictionary (New and revised ed.). T. Nelson and Sons.
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