Editing Uzzah

{{Short description|Biblical figure who died from touching the Ark of the Covenant}}
{{For|the pre-Islamic goddess|Al-Uzza}}
{{distinguish|Uzziah}}
[[File:TissUzah.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''The Chastisement of Uzzah'' by [[James Tissot]] ]]
[[File:Giulio Quaglio the Younger - Uzaj, ki se je dotaknil skrinje zaveze in za kazen umrl.jpg|thumb|250px|Baroque painting of the death of Uzzah by [[Giulio Quaglio the Younger]] in a medallion in [[Ljubljana Cathedral]] (1704)]]
According to the [[Tanakh]], עזה, '''Uzzah''' or '''Uzza''', meaning "Her Strength", was an [[Israelite]] whose death is associated with touching the [[Ark of the Covenant]]. The account of Uzzah appears in two places in scripture: 2 Samuel 6:3-8<ref>{{bibleverse|2 Samuel|6:3-8}}</ref> and 1 Chronicles 13:7-11.<ref>{{bibleverse|1 Chronicles|13:7-11}}</ref>

Uzzah was the 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]].<ref>{{bibleverse|1|Samuel|7:1|131}}</ref> With his brother [[Ahio]], he drove the cart on which the ark was placed when [[David]] sought to bring it up to [[Jerusalem]]. When the [[ox]]en stumbled, making the ark tilt,<ref>1 Chronicles 13:9 in the [[Jerusalem Bible]]</ref> Uzzah steadied the ark with his hand, in direct violation of the divine law,<ref>{{bibleverse||Numbers|4:15|131}}</ref> and he was immediately killed by the Lord for his error. David, displeased because [[Yahweh]] had killed Uzzah,<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://www.bibler.org/glossary/uzza.html |title=www.Bibler.org - Dictionary - Uzzah |date=2012-06-06}}</ref> called the place where this occurred "Perez-uzzah", which means "to burst out against Uzzah".<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Samuel|6:8|NLT}} and {{bibleverse|1|Chronicles|13:11|NLT}}, wording used by the [[New Living Translation]]</ref>

David was afraid to bring the ark any further, and placed it in the house of [[Obed-Edom]] the [[Gittite]]<ref>{{bibleverse|2|Samuel|6:2-11|131}}; {{bibleverse|1|Chronicles|13:6-13|131}}</ref> for three months. The Lord then blessed Obed-edom and David went and brought up the ark of God into the city of David.<ref name="auto"/>

== Other ==
* Another biblical character, Uzzah, son of [[Shimei]], was a [[Merarite]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bibler.org/versions/american_standard/asv_1chronicles06_sml.htm#1chronicles_6:29 |title=1 Chronicles 6:29 |date=2012-06-06}}</ref>
* [[Al-Uzza|Al-ʻUzzā]] was one of the three chief goddesses of Arabian religion in pre-Islamic times and was worshiped by the pre-Islamic Arabs along with [[al-Lāt]] and [[Manāt]].

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