Uzzah
. Uzzah - strength, a son of Abinadab, in whose house
the men of\nKirjath-jearim placed the ark when it was brought back from the\nland
of the
Philistines
(1 Sam. 7:1). He with his brother
Ahio\ndrove
the cart on which the ark was placed when
David
sought to\nbring it up to Jerusalem. When the oxen stumbled, Uzzah, in\ndirect
violation of the divine law (Num. 4:15), put forth his\nhand to steady the ark,
and was immediately smitten unto death.\nThe place where this occurred was henceforth
called Perez-uzzah\n(1 Chr. 13:11).
David
on this feared to proceed further, and\nplaced the ark in the house of Obed-edom
the Gittite (2 Sam.\n6:2-11; 1 Chr. 13:6-13). From
Easton's
Bible Dictionary (1897)