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Place

Perez-uzzah

aka Perez-uzzah

The breach of Uzzah, a place where God “burst forth upon Uzzah, so that he died,” when he rashly “took hold” of the ark (2 Sam. 6:6-8). It was not far from Kirjath-jearim (q.v.).

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Key verses

2 Samuel 6:8
David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken out against Uzzah; and he called that place Perez Uzzah, to this day.