Text: 1 Chronicles 15:3
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 12:5
Subject: Place for the ark (C) (* see place network)
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: The Chronicler's account of David assembling all Israel to bring the ark to its prepared place (1 Chr 15:3) directly echoes Deuteronomy 12:5's command to "seek the place the LORD your God will choose...to establish as a dwelling for His Name." Both texts share the key concept of a divinely chosen maqom where God's Name resides. The Chronicler presents David's Jerusalem as the historical answer to Moses' prophetic promise, with the ark's arrival signaling the beginning of centralized Yahwistic worship.