Uzzah was the son of Abinadab, in whose house the men of Kirjath-jearim placed the Ark when it was brought back from the land of the Philistines.[1] With his brother Ahio, he drove the cart on which the ark was placed when David sought to bring it up to Jerusalem. When the oxen stumbled, making the ark tilt,[2] Uzzah steadied the ark with his hand, in direct violation of the divine law,[3] and he was immediately killed by the Lord for his error. David, displeased because Yahweh had killed Uzzah,[4] called the place where this occurred "Perez-uzzah", which means "to burst out against Uzzah".[5]