Text: 1 Chronicles 13:1-4
OT Text Referred to: 2 Samuel 6:1-11
Subject: All Israel to get the ark
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: These are parallel accounts of David's first attempt to bring the ark of God to Jerusalem. The Chronicler expands on 2 Samuel 6 by adding David's consultation with "all the assembly of Israel" (1 Chr 13:1-4), a detail absent from Samuel, emphasizing corporate participation. Both accounts record the transport on a new cart, Uzzah's death for touching the ark, and the ark's diversion to the house of Obed-edom. The Chronicler's addition of the all-Israel assembly motif underscores his theological emphasis on unified national worship centered on the ark (aron) as the locus of God's presence.
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Text: 2 Samuel 6:1-11
OT Text Referred to: 1 Chronicles 13:1-14
Subject: first attempt to bring the ark; Uzzah's death
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: These parallel accounts of the failed first attempt to bring the ark to Jerusalem both record the death of Uzzah when he reached out to steady the ark on the new cart. Both use the phrase "the anger of the LORD burned" (וַיִּחַר אַף יְהוָה, vayyichar af YHWH) and the naming of the place as Perez-uzzah ("outburst against Uzzah"). The Chronicler adds a preliminary consultation scene (1 Chr 13:1-4) showing David seeking national consensus before moving the ark, which heightens the tragic irony — the enterprise was well-intentioned but violated the Torah's requirement that Levites carry the ark (Num 4:15). Both texts record the ark's three-month stay in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite, during which the LORD blessed his household.