2 Samuel 15:29 Explained in Context

Read It With

• 2 Samuel 15:24–29

Read 2 Samuel 15:29 with 15:24–29. The wording “Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there” supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Abiathar and Zadok bring the ark, but David returns it to Jerusalem, entrusts his future to divine favor or rejection, and makes the priests informants.

Why This Verse Appears Here

Within “David Sends the Ark Back,” 2 Samuel 15:29 closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition through the wording “Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there.” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: 2 Samuel 15:19–23 establishes this prior movement: David releases the newly arrived Gittite Ittai, but Ittai swears loyalty in life or death and crosses with his dependents amid public weeping. 2 Samuel 15:24–29 reverses or redirects the preceding movement; that demonstrated relationship, rather than sequence alone, explains its placement.