David became angry because of the LORD'S outburst against Uzzah, and that place is called Perez-uzzah to this day.I'm not sure why David became angry here. I see two possibilities. The first is that he was angry at Uzzah for doing something wrong, namely touching the Ark. But if this was the case, then David was at least partially angry with the wrong person, because the Ark should never have been on that cart to begin with. No cart, no problem, no dead guy.
The other possibility is that he was angry with God, for striking Uzzah down. If this is the case, then David was still wrong. God makes the rules, and Uzzah broke them. If h expects God to be holy and perfect, he can't tolerate anything impure being near him. Uzzah contaminated the Ark, and had to go.
Come to think of it, there is a third possibility. David could have been angry at the land itself, for being in such poor shape that is caused the cart to have troubles. If so, God renounced that curse, quickly, and blessed the one who lived there when Ark was interesting.
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