1 Chronicles 13:3
And let us get back for ourselves the ark of our God: for in the days of Saul we did not go to it for directions.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.
In Context
4And all the people said they would do so, for it seemed right to them.
Cross References
1 Samuel 7:1So the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord to the house of Abinadab in Gibeah, and they made his son Eleazar holy and put the ark in his care.
1 Samuel 14:36And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, attacking them till the morning, till there is not a man of them living. And they said, Do whatever seems right to you. Then the priest said, Let us come near to God.
1 Samuel 22:15Is this the first time I have got directions from God for him? Far be the thought! let the king make no such statement against his servant or my father's family, for your servant has no knowledge, great or small, of this thing.
1 Samuel 23:9And it was clear to David that Saul had evil designs against him, and he said to Abiathar the priest, Come here with the ephod.
Psalms 132:6We had news of it at Ephrathah: we came to it in the fields of the wood.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 13:2-9
The Removal of the Ark. ( b. c. 1048.) 1 And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. 2 And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the Lord our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us: 3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we… Read the whole commentary →