And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
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
David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah--(See on Sa2 6:1-11). whose name is called on it--rather, "who is worshipped there" (Sa2 6:2). Next: 1 Chronicles Chapter 14
Whose name is called on it - "Where his name is invoked." - T. And so the Hebrew, אשר נקרא שם asher nikra shem, should be understood, his name was not called on it, but invoked at it.