Text: 1 Chronicles 16:43
OT Text Referred to: 2 Samuel 6:19-20
Subject: dismissal of the people and David's return home
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: 2 Samuel 6:19-20 describes David distributing food to the assembly, the people departing, and David returning to bless his household — only to be met by Michal's scorn for his public dancing. 1 Chronicles 16:43 compresses this to a single verse: "Then all the people departed, each to his own house, and David returned to bless his household." The Chronicler follows Samuel's text verbatim for the dismissal formula but eliminates the Michal confrontation that dominates the Samuel account. Between these parallel conclusions, the Chronicler inserts the appointment of Asaph and his associates for ongoing worship ministry (1 Chr 16:4-42), including the great psalm of thanksgiving (1 Chr 16:8-36). This restructuring makes worship institutions, rather than domestic conflict, the enduring legacy of the ark's arrival.