Nachon

A cart, two oxen and an ark on a threshing floor: that is the scene. David was bringing the ark of God toward Jerusalem when the oxen shook it, and Uzzah put out his hand to steady it. The account says “the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah,” and he died there beside the ark. Second Samuel names the place as Nachon’s threshing floor; First Chronicles tells the same event at the threshing floor of Chidon, calling the man Uzza. Readers have long found the story sobering, and it shows how seriously the ark was to be treated. Both tellings are short and worth setting side by side.

3 verses

2 Samuel

2 Samuel 6:6

And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it.

2 Samuel 6:7

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.

1 Chronicles

1 Chronicles 13:9

And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.

From Easton's Bible Dictionary

Matthew George Easton, 1897

Prepared, the owner of a thrashing-floor near which Uzzah was slain (2 Sam. 6:6); called also Chidon (1 Chr. 13:9).

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Easton's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.