XIV.
This section is a duplicate of 2 Samuel 5:11-25. In the older work it follows immediately upon the account of the taking of Jebus (2 Samuel 5:6-10), and precedes that of the removal of the Ark. Neither Samuel nor the chronicler has observed the order of chronology. The chronicler may have transposed the two accounts, in order to represent the removal of the Ark to the new capital in immediate connection with the acquisition of the city.
The chapter treats (1) of David’s palace building and family; (2) of his two victories over the Philistines in the valley of Rephaim.