Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”
Here is, I. David's pious proposal to bring up the ark of God to Jerusalem, that the royal city might be the holy city, Ch1 13:1-3. This part of the story we had not in Samuel. We may observe in this proposal, 1.
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 13:1-8
And let us bring again the ark of our God to us,.... The symbol of the divine Presence, than which nothing was more desirable to David, and he chose to begin his reign overall Israel with it: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul; he being indifferent to religion, and careless about it, and the enjoyment of the presence of God...
And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul. (a) His first concern was to restore religion, which had in Saul's day been corrupted and neglected.