Who was Uzzah in the Bible?
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Uzzah was a man who died while transporting the ark of the covenant. Uzzah appears in 8 verses across 2 books of the Bible.
What does the Bible say about Uzzah?
Uzzah was a man who died while transporting the ark of the covenant. He and his brother Ahio were guiding the cart carrying the ark when the oxen stumbled. Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the ark, but God struck him down for his irreverent act, and he died there beside the ark. The place where this occurred was named Perez-uzzah, which means "outbreak against Uzzah," and David was angry and afraid because of this divine judgment. The ark was then taken aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.
Definition text: STEPBible · Tyndale House Cambridge. Licensed CC BY 4.0. Lightly edited for length and formatting.
Compiled by Protos: the verse list on this page. Where one name belongs to more than one person or place, each of them gets a separate entry.
Where does Uzzah appear in the Bible?
Uzzah is referenced in 8 verses across 2 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.
- 1 Chronicles 13:7
- 1 Chronicles 13:9
- 1 Chronicles 13:10
- 1 Chronicles 13:11
- 2 Samuel 6:3
- 2 Samuel 6:6
- 2 Samuel 6:7
- 2 Samuel 6:8
What else appears in these passages?
These turn up in the same passages as Uzzah.
Common questions
How many times does the Bible mention Uzzah?
Uzzah appears in 8 verses across 2 books, most often in 1 Chronicles, which accounts for 4 of them.
Which books of the Bible mention Uzzah?
1 Chronicles, 2 Samuel.
Where can I read every verse about Uzzah?
This page lists 8 of them. Protos carries all 8, and opens this entry on the verse you are reading rather than in a separate tab.
