Difference between revisions of "Perez-Uzza"

<p> (Heb. Pe'rets Uzza', פֶּרֶוֹ עֻזָּא, &nbsp;1 Chronicles 13:11), or Pe'rez-Uz'zah (Heb. ''Pe'Rets Uzzoah'. פֶּרֶוֹ'' עֻזָּה, breach of Uzzah, &nbsp;2 Samuel 6:8; Sept. Διασκοπὴ Ο᾿ζ )'','' the name which David conferred on the threshing- floor of Nachon, or Chidon, in commemoration of the sudden death of Uzzah: "And David was wroth because Jehovah had broken this breach on Uzzah, and he called the place ‘ Uzzah's breaking' unto this day." The word perez was a favorite with David on such occasions. He employed it to commemorate his having "broken up" the [[Philistine]] force in the valley of [[Rephaim]] (&nbsp;2 Samuel 5:20). (See Baalpera-Zim). He also used it in a subsequent reference to Uzzah's destruction in &nbsp;1 Chronicles 15:13. It is remarkable that the statement of the continued existence of the name should be found not only in Samuel and Chronicles, but also in Josephus, who says (Ant. 7:4, 2), as if from his own observation, "the place where he died is even now (ἔτι νῦν ) called ‘ the cleaving of Oza."' About a mile and a half or two miles from the site of Kirjath-jearim, on the hill immediately above Chesla, the ancient Chesalon, on the road thence towards Jerusalem, is a small village still called ''Khirbet El- Uz,'' or "the ruins of Uzzah." It is given by Prof. Robinson among the names of places west of [[Jerusalem]] as ''Khirbet El-Lauz,'' or, as it should be written, ''Khirbet El-Auz.'' This seems to be Perez-Uzzah. The position, on the road to Jerusalem, near the site of Obed-edom's house, and not far from the site of Kirjath-jearim, all correspond. David, Ibeing afraid, it is said, to proceed with the ark towards Jerusalem, "carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite." It seems therefore that the house of Obed-edom must have been near or in the immediate neighborhood of Perez-Uzzah. (See [[Obededom]]). </p>