8And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.
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And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day. …
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-11)We have here Uzzah struck dead for touching the ark, when it was upon its journey towards the city of David, a sad providence, which damped their mirth, stopped the progress of the ark, and for the present, dispersed this great assembly, which had come together to attend it, and sent them home in a fright. I. Uzzah’s offence seems very small. He and his brother Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, in whose…
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