2 Samuel 6:1
David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all.
What it says
David gathers thirty thousand chosen men from Israel for the effort to bring up the ark.
What it is doing
It opens the chapter with David’s large and deliberate public action.
In context
1David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all. 2And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name— the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it. 3They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart, 4bringing with it the ark of God. And Ahio was walking in front of the ark.