Uzzah: 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 Samuel 7:1; 2 Samuel 6:3) 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
(Numbers 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 Chronicles 13:11) David on this feared to
proceed further, and placed the ark in the house of Obed-edom the
Gittite
(2 Samuel 6:2-11; 1 Chronicles 13:6-13)
