2 Samuel 6:7-9

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁷ The anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God struck him there because he reached out his hand to the ark;^[a] and he died there beside the ark of God. ⁸ David was angry because the Lord had burst forth with an outburst upon Uzzah; so that place is called Perez-uzzah,^[b] to this day. ⁹ David was afraid of the Lord that day; he said, “How can the ark of the Lord come into my care?”