Text: 1 Chronicles 15:25
OT Text Referred to: 2 Samuel 6:12
Subject: David and all Israel accompany the Levites in bringing the ark
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
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 and 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.