It's time to break out the NIV version and read up on my of my favorite cast of characters in the Old Testament: Uzzah. Or Uzzah the Unlucky, Uzzah the Torched by God, or any other names for a poor guy who instinctively tried to do what he brain told him was the right thing. It wasn't. God was unpleased.
The short story is Uzzah and his brother Ahio were told by God to move the Ark of the Covenant and they did, via ox cart. At some point along the trip the oxen stumbled and Uzzah, against divine instruction, reached out to steady the Ark so it would not fall of the cart. Bad move. God smoked him on the spot, instantly. This naturally freaked Ahio about a bit so the Ark never made it to David, its original destination (again, this is all from memory and quite dim) thus beginning a 3000+ year game of hide-and-seak that remains unsolved to this day. It could also be the Ark never existed in the first place and the story is a work of fiction. Whatever you believe is cool with me.
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