¹⁰And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put forth his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. =10.= _before God_] In 2 Samuel vi. 7, _by the ark of God_. ¹¹And David was displeased, because the LORD had broken forth upon Uzza: and he called that place Perez-uzza¹, unto this day. ¹²And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? ¹ That is, _The breach of Uzza_. =11.= _was displeased_] Rather, =was wroth=, presumably against his advisers for not warning him that the method adopted for the removal of the Ark was wrong; compare xv. 13. _had broken forth_] Literally as Authorized Version, _had made a breach upon Uzza_. Compare Exodus xix. 22. _Perez-uzza_] The meaning of the name is given by the margin _The breach of Uzza._ ¹³So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. =13.= _Obed-edom the Gittite_] As _Gittite_ means man of Gath, Obed-edom was doubtless of Philistine origin; perhaps he attached himself to David during David’s sojourn among the Philistines. In xv. 18, 24, xvi. 38, xxvi. 4 an Obed-edom is mentioned as a Levite and a porter (doorkeeper) for the Ark, and elsewhere (xv. 21, xvi. 5) as a singer (see the notes on xv. 18, and xvi. 38). ¹⁴And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months: and the LORD blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had. =14.= _with the family of Obed-edom in his house_] Render, =by= (i.e. near) =the house of Obed-edom in its own house=. The Chronicler (regarding Obed-edom as a foreigner if not also an idolater) finds it necessary to alter the expression found in 2 Samuel vi. 11, “in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.” (On the significance of the name――literally _servant of Edom_――see Driver, _Samuel_², pp. 268, 269.) _blessed_] Targum _blessed with sons and sons’ sons_. CHAPTER XIV. (= 2 Samuel v. 11‒25). DAVID AT JERUSALEM. TWO PHILISTINE ATTACKS REPULSED. The Chronicler derives this chapter from Samuel but gives it in a setting of his own. To agree with Samuel it should immediately follow 1 Chronicles xi. 9 and should immediately precede 1 Chronicles xiii. 1. In Samuel the two attempts to remove the Ark to the city of David, the first unsuccessful, the second successful, are related in immediate succession; the Chronicler interposes between them the double repulse of the Philistines. See the head-note to chapter xiii. =1, 2.= HIRAM’S [FIRST] EMBASSY TO DAVID.