Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Chronicles 16:43

"And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house." — 1 Chronicles 16:43 (ASV)

This verse is a duplicate of 2 Samuel 6:19–20a.

Departed. — Plural; Samuel has singular.

Returned. — Rather, went round (1 Chronicles 10:14). Samuel has “returned,” which in Hebrew is very similar.

The incident which in 2 Samuel 6:20–23 here follows (Michal’s encounter with David) is omitted by the chronicler as a matter of purely domestic interest, and therefore out of place in his history, which is mainly concerned with the sacred institutions. 1 Chronicles 15:29, however, plainly implies the story.