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Meanwhile, David and the entire house of Israel celebrated in the Lord’s presence with all their strength, with songs,[a] zithers, harps, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.

When they approached Nacon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out to God’s chest and grabbed it because the oxen had stumbled.[b] The Lord became angry at Uzzah, and God struck him there because of his mistake,[c] and he died there next to God’s chest.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 6:5 LXX, DSS (4QSama), 1 Chron 13:8; MT with all sorts of pine instruments
  2. 2 Samuel 6:6 Heb uncertain
  3. 2 Samuel 6:7 Heb uncertain; LXX lacks this phrase; cf Targ, Syr, 1 Chron 13:10 because he had placed his hand on the chest.

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