2 Samuel 6:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the wrath of the Lord, burning against Uzzah, sent destruction on him because he had put his hand on the ark, and death came to him there by the ark of God.

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  • 1 Sam 6:19 : 19 But the Lord sent destruction on seventy men of the people of Beth-shemesh for looking into the ark of the Lord; and great was the sorrow of the people for the destruction which the Lord had sent on them.
  • 1 Chr 15:13 : 13 For because you did not take it at the first, the Lord our God sent punishment on us, because we did not get directions from him in the right way.
  • 1 Cor 11:30-32 : 30 For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead. 31 But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us. 32 But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged.
  • 1 Chr 13:10 : 10 And the wrath of the Lord, burning against Uzza, sent destruction on him because he had put his hand on the ark, and death came to him there before God.
  • 1 Chr 15:2 : 2 Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever.
  • Lev 10:1-3 : 1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their vessels and put fire in them and perfume, burning strange fire before the Lord, which he had not given them orders to do. 2 And fire came out from before the Lord, burning them up and causing their destruction before the Lord. 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.

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  • 1 Chr 13:9-12
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    9 And when they came to the grain-floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to keep the ark in its place, for the oxen were slipping.

    10 And the wrath of the Lord, burning against Uzza, sent destruction on him because he had put his hand on the ark, and death came to him there before God.

    11 And David was angry because of the Lord's outburst of wrath against Uzza, and he gave that place the name Perez-uzza, to this day.

    12 And so great was David's fear of God that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

  • 2 Sam 6:6
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    6 And when they came to Nacon's grain-floor, Uzzah put his hand on the ark of God to keep it safe in its place, for the oxen were out of control.

  • 2 Sam 6:8-10
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    8 And David was angry because of the Lord's outburst of wrath against Uzzah: and he gave that place the name Perez-uzzah, which is its name to this day.

    9 And such was David's fear of the Lord that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

    10 So David did not let the ark of the Lord come back to him to the town of David: but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

  • 1 Chr 13:7
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    7 And they put the ark of God on a new cart, and took it out of the house of Abinadab; and Uzza and Ahio were the drivers of the cart.

  • 2 Sam 6:2-3
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    2 And David, and all the people who were with him, went to Baal of Judah to get the ark of God, over which the holy name is named, the name of the Lord of armies, whose place is between the winged ones.

    3 And they put the ark of God on a new cart and took it out of the house of Abinadab which was on the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were the drivers of the cart.

  • 1 Sam 6:19
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    19 But the Lord sent destruction on seventy men of the people of Beth-shemesh for looking into the ark of the Lord; and great was the sorrow of the people for the destruction which the Lord had sent on them.

  • 1 Chr 21:7
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    7 And God was not pleased with this thing; so he sent punishment on Israel.

  • 1 Sam 5:6-7
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    6 But the hand of the Lord was hard on the people of Ashdod and he sent disease on them through all the country of Ashdod.

    7 And when the men of Ashdod saw how it was, they said, Let not the ark of the God of Israel be with us, for his hand is hard on us and on Dagon our god.

  • Ps 78:31
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    31 The wrath of God came on them, and put to death the fattest of them, and put an end to the young men of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 26:18-19
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    18 And they made protests to Uzziah the king, and said to him, The burning of perfumes, Uzziah, is not your business but that of the priests, the sons of Aaron, who have been made holy for this work: go out of the holy place, for you have done wrong, and it will not be to your honour before God.

    19 Then Uzziah was angry; and he had in his hand a vessel for burning perfume; and while his wrath was bitter against the priests, the mark of the leper's disease came out on his brow, before the eyes of the priests in the house of the Lord by the altar of perfumes.

  • 1 Sam 6:8-9
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    8 And put the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the gold images which you are sending as a sin-offering in a chest by its side; and send it away so that it may go.

    9 If it goes by the land of Israel to Beth-shemesh, then this great evil is his work; but if not, then we may be certain that the evil was not his doing, but was the working of chance.

  • 2 Sam 6:13
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    13 And when those who were lifting the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, he made an offering of an ox and a fat young beast.

  • Acts 12:23
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    23 And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.

  • Lev 10:2
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    2 And fire came out from before the Lord, burning them up and causing their destruction before the Lord.

  • Josh 22:20
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    20 Did not Achan, the son of Zerah, do wrong about the cursed thing, causing wrath to come on all the people of Israel? And not on him only came the punishment of death.

  • 1 Sam 4:18-19
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    18 And at these words about the ark of God, Eli, falling back off his seat by the side of the doorway into the town, came down on the earth so that his neck was broken and death overtook him, for he was an old man and of great weight. He had been judging Israel for forty years.

    19 And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was with child and near the time when she would give birth; and when she had the news that the ark of God had been taken and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, her pains came on her suddenly and she gave birth.

  • Deut 29:27
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    27 And so the wrath of the Lord was moved against this land, to send on it all the curse recorded in this book:

  • 1 Sam 5:9-11
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    9 But after they had taken it away, the hand of the Lord was stretched out against the town for its destruction: and the signs of disease came out on all the men of the town, small and great.

    10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of the town made an outcry, saying, They have sent the ark of the God of Israel to us for the destruction of us and of our people.

    11 So they sent and got together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its place, so that it may not be the cause of death to us and to our people: for there was a great fear of death through all the town; the hand of God was very hard on them there.

  • 2 Sam 12:5
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    5 And David was full of wrath against that man; and he said to Nathan, By the living Lord, death is the right punishment for the man who has done this:

  • 1 Sam 6:1
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    1 Now the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines for seven months.

  • 2 Sam 24:16
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    16 And when the hand of the angel was stretched out in the direction of Jerusalem, for its destruction, the Lord had regret for the evil, and said to the angel who was sending destruction on the people, It is enough; do no more. And the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

  • 2 Sam 1:15
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    15 And David sent for one of his young men and said, Go near and put an end to him. And he put him to death.

  • 1 Chr 21:15
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    15 And God sent an angel to Jerusalem for its destruction: and when he was about to do so, the Lord saw, and had regret for the evil, and said to the angel of destruction, It is enough; do no more. Now the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

  • 2 Sam 12:14-15
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    14 But still, because you have had no respect for the Lord, death will certainly overtake the child who has newly come to birth.

    15 Then Nathan went back to his house. And the hand of the Lord was on David's son, the child of Uriah's wife, and it became very ill.

  • Isa 57:17
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    17 I was quickly angry with his evil ways, and sent punishment on him, veiling my face in wrath: and he went on, turning his heart from me.

  • Josh 7:1
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    1 But the children of Israel did wrong about the cursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the family of Judah, took of the cursed thing, moving the Lord to wrath against the children of Israel.

  • Ps 106:29
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    29 So they made him angry by their behaviour; and he sent disease on them.

  • 1 Sam 6:14-15
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    14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and came to a stop there by a great stone: and cutting up the wood of the cart they made a burned offering of the cows to the Lord.

    15 Then the Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest in which were the gold images, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh made burned offerings and gave worship that day before the Lord.

  • Num 22:27
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    27 And the ass saw the angel of the Lord and went down on the earth under Balaam; and full of wrath, Balaam gave her hard blows with his stick.

  • 1 Sam 4:11
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    11 And the ark of God was taken; and Hophni and Phinehas, the sons of Eli, were put to the sword.

  • Gen 38:10
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    10 And what he did was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death, like his brother.

  • Gen 38:7
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    7 Now Er, Judah's first son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord, so that he put him to death.

  • 2 Kgs 7:20
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    20 And such was his fate; for he was crushed to death under the feet of the people, in the doorway into the town.

  • Num 26:61
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    61 Death overtook Nadab and Abihu when they made an offering of strange fire before the Lord.

  • Num 11:33
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    33 But while the meat was still between their teeth, before it was tasted, the wrath of the Lord was moved against the people and he sent a great outburst of disease on them.