1 Chronicles 15:13
For because ye did not at the first, LORD our God made a breach upon us, because we did not seek him according to the ordinance.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of LORD, the God of Israel.
Cross References
Numbers 7:9But he gave none to the sons of Kohath, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them. They bore it upon their shoulders.
2 Samuel 6:3And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.
2 Samuel 6:8And David was displeased, because LORD had broken forth upon Uzzah. And he called that place Perez-uzzah, to this day.
1 Chronicles 13:7And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, [and brought it] out of the house of Abinadab. And Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.
1 Chronicles 15:2Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites, for LORD has them chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever.
Proverbs 28:13He who covers his transgressions shall not prosper, but he who confesses and forsakes them shall obtain mercy.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 15:2-25
The Removal of the Ark. ( b. c. 1047.) 1 And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. 2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. 3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto his place, which he had prepared for it. 4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: 5 Of… Read the whole commentary →