Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 13:11
Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah. So he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrative records David’s reaction at the moment immediately after Uzzah is struck down for touching the ark. The account captures David’s anger and his subsequent naming of the site.
The words — The text uses va/i.Yi.char (וַ/יִּ֣חַר), meaning “it burned,” and Pe.retz (פֶּ֖רֶץ), meaning “a breaking out.” These terms describe Yahweh’s sudden judgment against Uzzah and directly form the etymology of the place name Perez-uzzah.
The thread — This event runs parallel to the parallel account in 2 Samuel 6:7–9, where David’s fear and questioning follow the same judgment. The naming convention follows the biblical pattern of memorializing divine encounters, as seen in Genesis 32:32.
Why it lands — The verse records David’s anger and the permanent renaming of the location, requiring a reader to confront the tension between human frustration and divine holiness. It demands careful attention to how proximity to sacred objects does not override obedience.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez–uzza to this day.
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 6:7 And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.
- 2 Samuel 6:9 That day David feared the LORD and asked, “How can the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”
- Genesis 32:32 Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.
- Deuteronomy 34:6 And He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.
- Joshua 4:9 Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.
- Jonah 4:4 But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
- Jonah 4:9 Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”