Soon the Philistines returned to the valley and started plundering it again. Once more David consulted God, who answered, “Don’t attack them from here, but go around and get ready to attack them from the other side, near the balsam trees. When you hear the sound of marching in the treetops, then attack, because I will be marching ahead of you to defeat the Philistine army.”
This had to have come from a prophet (as opposed to dice in the previous case). Is this the only recorded place where the timing of an event was so important?
David’s fame spread everywhere, and the Lord made every nation afraid of him.
As for me, no fame – just obscurity.
David… said, “Only Levites should carry the Covenant Box, because they are the ones the Lord chose to carry it…
He finally read the directions. 😊 Wasn’t there anyone who could have corrected him the first time around?
David… said to the Levites, “…Because you were not there to carry it the first time, the Lord our God punished us for not worshiping him as we should have done.”
David rightly operated in the margins (Psalm 51:16-17) but there were limits…
To play the low-pitched harps they chose the following Levites: Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Azaziah, and the Temple guards, Obed Edom and Jeiel. …Berechiah and Elkanah, along with Obed Edom and Jehiah, were chosen as guards for the Covenant Box.
The Covenant Box wasn’t at just anyone’s house – it was at the house of a levite (1 Chronicles 13:12-14).
…all the Israelites accompanied the Covenant Box up to Jerusalem with shouts of joy, the sound of trumpets, horns, and cymbals, and the music of harps.
This makes me think of Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1-11).
As the Box was being brought into the city, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked out of the window and saw King David dancing and leaping for joy, and she was disgusted with him.
Without mentioning that Michal was David’s wife! (Truly you can’t follow this book in the absence of 1 Samuel.) From the heights to the pits much like Jesus (Mark 9:2-29).