1 Chronicles 13:4

And the entire multitude responded that it should be done. For the word had pleased all the people.

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In The King James Version

And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

In Context

3And let us bring back the ark of our God to us. For we did not seek it during the days of Saul.”

5Therefore, David gathered all of Israel, from Shihor of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, so as to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 3:36And all the people heard it, and everything that the king did in the sight of the entire people was pleasing to them.

Esther 8:5And she said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his eyes, and my request is not seen to be disagreeable to him, I beg you that the former letters of Haman, the traitor and enemy of the Jews, by which he instructed them to be destroyed in all the king’s provinces, may be corrected by new letters.

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 →

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