Later text
So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.
Intertextuality Pair
1 Chronicles 15:25 → 2 Samuel 6:12
Quotation
Earlier text
Now it was reported to King David, "The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God." So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.
Significance
Both texts record the successful second attempt to bring the ark to Jerusalem, prompted by the report that the LORD had blessed Obed-edom's household. 2 Samuel 6:12 focuses on David's personal initiative and joy, while 1 Chronicles 15:25 identifies the participants as "David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands." The Chronicler's expansion (1 Chr 15:1-24) provides extensive material absent from Samuel, detailing David's preparation of a tent, his instruction that only Levites should carry the ark (correcting the earlier cart error), and the appointment of Levitical musicians. The phrase נֹשְׂאֵי אֲרוֹן (nos'ei aron, "bearers of the ark") in Chronicles explicitly replaces the cart-transport that caused Uzzah's death.
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- Reference Type
- Direct Quotation
- Connection Method(s)
- Redemptive-Historical Progression — the successful transfer is retold with the participants recast as "David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands" and the ark now borne by Levites rather than carted; Chronicles carries the Samuel narrative forward into its corrected, Torah-ordered form on the way to the temple.
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