Text: 1 Chronicles 15:25-16
OT Text Referred to: 2 Samuel 6:12-19
Subject: successful ark procession to Jerusalem
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: These parallel accounts of the ark's successful entry into Jerusalem share the core narrative: sacrifices offered along the way, David dancing and celebrating, the ark placed in the tent, and David distributing food to all the people. The Chronicler massively expands the account by adding the Levitical musical arrangements (1 Chr 15:16-24), the detailed psalmic liturgy David appointed (1 Chr 16:8-36 — a composite of Psalms 105, 96, and 106), and the establishment of ongoing Levitical worship at the ark's tent. 2 Samuel 6:14 notes David wore a linen ephod (אֵפוֹד בָּד, ephod bad), a priestly garment, while the Chronicler adds that David also wore "a robe of fine linen" (מְעִיל בּוּץ, me'il buts). The Chronicler thus transforms Samuel's celebratory narrative into a foundational charter for Israel's worship institutions.