And renders the common Hebrew conjunction. Good News Translation translates it “At once” to fit the context.

The anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah is literally “the nose/anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah.” This idiomatic expression is used of human anger in 1 Sam 17.28 (of Eliab) and 1 Sam 20.30 (of Saul), but here it is the LORD’s anger. The expression is frequently used to describe God’s anger in the books of Numbers and Judges, but is also found in Exo 4.14, for example. The passive expression of Revised Standard Version will be more naturally rendered in many languages by an active form; for example, American Bible says “The anger of Yahweh flared up against Uzza.”

And he smote him: As is often true in the Old Testament, smote or “struck” (New Revised Standard Version) is a euphemism for the verb “kill” (so Good News Translation). In most cases it will be better to translate the meaning clearly since some readers might think on first reading that the LORD merely struck Uzzah but did not take his life, although in this particular context it is later stated that he died.

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on 1-2 Chronicles, Volume 1. (UBS Helps for Translators). Miami: UBS, 2014. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .