Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

One of the things you may notice as we drop into Chronicles from time to time is that things

aren't always in the same order.

It can be confusing and frustrating sometimes, but remember that there won't be a quiz at the

end of this. Being able to follow the timeline is super helpful but our main focus is

to see who God is. Besides, most of the time it isn't actually confusing at all.

It just requires a little mental adjusting if the storyline moves backward a step instead of forward.

We open today with David making plans to move the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem, the newly seized,

newly named capital of the nation of Israel.

You may recall from back in 1st Samuel 4 that the Philistine stole the Ark in a battle, and when Eli the priest heard the news, he

fell over and died.

God plagued the Philistines as long as they had the art, so they decided to get rid of it

by sending it away on milk cows.

According to 1st Samuel 6th, the cows went first to the Israelites in Beth Shemesh,

but they mistreated the ark and several of them died.

So they sent it to the home of a man named Abenad in Kiryeth Charam.

It remained there as long as Saul was king, probably because Saul didn't understand its

value to the people of Israel.

It was considered the earthly throne of God after all.

David does see its value, though.

He seeks counsel from God, other leaders, and even the people

as he plans to bring the art to Jerusalem.

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