0 1 Chronicles : Intolerance

Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. 13:9

Trivia: Why did God kill Er?

1 Chronicles : Intolerance (5)

  1. The sons of Reuben made war with the Hagarites and "there fell down many slain, because the war was from God." They did pretty well for themselves, too, in God's war, taking 250,000 sheep and 100,000 slaves. 5:18-22
  2. But the Israelites "transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them." So God inspired the Assyrians to enslave the Israelites. 5:25-26
  3. "Phinehas ... the LORD was with him."
    See Numbers 25:7-8 to see what he did when the Lord was with him. 9:20
  4. Saul died for refusing God's order to kill all of the Amalekites (1 Sam 15:2-3, 18-19) and for consulting a witch (1 Sam 28:8-19). 10:13-14
  5. "When they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire." 14:12

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