Text: 1 Chronicles 13:5-14
OT Text Referred to: 2 Samuel 6:1-11
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 detail the ark's transport on a new cart (עֲגָלָה חֲדָשָׁה, agalah chadashah) from Abinadab's house, the outbreak against Uzzah at the threshing floor, and David's fearful decision to divert the ark to Obed-edom's house. The Chronicler specifies that David assembled Israel "from the Shihor of Egypt to Lebo-hamath" (1 Chr 13:5), broadening the scope of the national gathering beyond Samuel's "thirty thousand chosen men." Both accounts stress the celebratory mood before the disaster — "all kinds of instruments" and rejoicing — making Uzzah's death a shocking rupture. The episode teaches that proper worship requires adherence to God's prescribed methods, a lesson the Chronicler makes explicit when David later says, "The LORD our God broke out against us because we did not seek Him according to the proper order" (1 Chr 15:13).