2 Samuel 6:8

8 Then David got angry because the LORD's anger lashed out against Uzzah, and so that place is called Perez-uzzah today.

2 Samuel 6:8 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 6:8

And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach
upon Uzzah
He could not easily submit, and be reconciled to the providence; his heart was ready to rise up against God, and murmur at him for striking him dead in such an awful manner, for so small a matter as this might seem to be; and the rather, as this put a stop to the procession, and cast a damp upon their joy and mirth on this occasion, and might seem to be an ill omen to David, and be improved by his enemies against him:

and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah unto this day;
the name he gave the place, which signifies "the breach of Uzzah", continued to the time of writing this book.

2 Samuel 6:8 In-Context

6 When they approached Nacon's threshing floor, Uzzah reached out to God's chest and grabbed it because the oxen had stumbled.

7 The LORD became angry at Uzzah, and God struck him there because of his mistake, and he died there next to God's chest.

8 Then David got angry because the LORD's anger lashed out against Uzzah, and so that place is called Perez-uzzah today.

9 David was frightened by the LORD that day. "How will I ever bring the LORD's chest to me?" he asked.

10 So David didn't take the chest away with him to David's City. Instead, he had it put in the house of Obed-edom, who was from Gath.

Footnotes

• [a]. Perez-uzzah means Uzzah-outbreak; cf 2 Sam 5:20.