What power did the ark have? (1 Chronicles 13:10, 14)

10 The Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.

... 13 He did not take the ark to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

1 Chronicles 13:1 - 14

ESV - ¹ David consulted with the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with every leader. ² And David said to all the assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you and from the Lord our God, let us send abroad to our brothers who remain in all the lands of Israel, as well as to the priests and Levites in the cities that have pasturelands, that they may be gathered to us.

Clarify • Share • Report • Asked May 31 2022 • Jack Gutknecht