9
And when they came to the grain-floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to keep the ark in its place, for the oxen were slipping.
10
And the wrath of the Lord, burning against Uzza, sent destruction on him because he had put his hand on the ark, and death came to him there before God.
11
And David was angry because of the Lord's outburst of wrath against Uzza, and he gave that place the name Perez-uzza, to this day.
12
And so great was David's fear of God that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?
13
So David did not let the ark come back to him to the town of David, but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
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