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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

1 Chronicles 13:5 → 2 Samuel 6:1

Quotation

Later text

1 Chronicles 13:5BSB

So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

Earlier text

2 Samuel 6:1BSB

David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all.

Significance

Both texts record David's assembly of Israel to bring the ark from Kiriath-jearim. 2 Samuel 6:1 states David assembled "the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all," while 1 Chronicles 13:5 expands the scope: David "assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath" — a merism for the entire promised land. The Chronicler also adds an extensive consultation scene (1 Chr 13:1-4) absent from Samuel, where David seeks the assembly's approval for the ark transfer. This editorial expansion highlights the Chronicler's emphasis on congregational participation in worship decisions. Both texts identify the ark's location using the place name associated with Baalah/Kiriath-jearim, where the אֲרוֹן הָאֱלֹהִים (aron ha'Elohim, "ark of God") had remained since its return from Philistine territory.

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Redemptive-Historical Progression — the same muster retold with widened scope: Samuel's "chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all" becomes all Israel "from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath" (1 Chr 13:5); the Chronicler advances the episode into his all-Israel, worship-centered retelling that moves from ark to temple.