Text: 1 Chronicles 15:1
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 12:18
Subject: Place for the ark (C) (* see place network)
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Deuteronomy 12:18 commands Israel to eat and rejoice "before the LORD your God in the place He will choose," linking communal celebration to the centralized sanctuary. David's preparation of a place for the ark in Jerusalem (1 Chr 15:1) advances the fulfillment of this Mosaic vision. The verbal echo of "place" (maqom) connects Deuteronomy's anticipation of joyful worship at a chosen site to David's concrete establishment of Jerusalem as that location, grounding the festive theology of Deut 12 in historical realization.