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1 Chronicles 13:10

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.

1 Chronicles 13:10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 13:10

Theological / Devotional

He died. The Lord took all factors of the case into consideration. He knew that Uzza was a sinful and unholy being, with unconfessed sins resting upon him, and with little sense of the holiness of God and the seriousness of transgression. The death of this one individual would prove to be a solemn warning to many and thus be the means of preventing divine judgments that otherwise might have fallen upon thousands (see Patriarchs and Prophets 706; see further on 2 Samuel 6:6).

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