The context of this situation should be seen as David's
determination to continue to unite Israel as a single kingdom.
In 2 Samuel 5 we learn numerous things. (1) David was made King
over all Israel. He was requested to lead the Hebrews as a
shepherd, not as a dictator. (2) David made Jerusalem the new
capitol of the nation. Jerusalem was not under Israel's control
or Judah's control--it previously belonged to the Jebusites.
Thus it is a "neutral" city that favored neither side as far as
past history was concerned. (3) David made Jerusalem his royal
city by having his palace built there. He settled in his new
home, married additional wives and added concubines, had eleven
sons who were born in Jerusalem (the author named them and
acknowledged that daughters were also born to David at that
time), (4) and the Philistines were decisively defeated. The
occurrence of David's determination to move the Ark to Jerusalem
was his effort to make the royal city also the site of national
worship. The royal city, the polit