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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.).
Named in the Bible
1 verse
- 2 Samuel 6:8 And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
