Levites (Exod. 25:12–15; Num. 4:15; 7:9; 1 Chron. 15:2). Yet in his enthusiasm David forgot these commands and omitted to consult God’s Word for guidance. We might be impressed by the enthusiasm displayed as ‘David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might before God’ (13:8). God, however, was not impressed, but angered by David’s carelessness. The ark had been manhandled onto an ox-cart and was being transported in just the same way as it had been by the Philistines (13:7; cf.