1 Chronicles 13:2
And David said to all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good to you, and it be of Jehovah our God, let us send abroad to our brethren everywhere, that are left in all the lands of Israel, and with them to the priests and Levites in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves to us;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, with every prince.
3and let us bring again the ark of our God to us; for we inquired not of it in the days of Saul.
Cross References
Exodus 18:23If thou do this thing, and God command thee [so], thou wilt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace.
Numbers 35:2Command the children of Israel, that of the inheritance of their possession they give unto the Levites cities to dwell in; and a suburb for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites.
2 Samuel 7:2that the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedars, and the ark of God dwells under curtains.
2 Kings 9:15and king Joram had returned to be healed in Jizreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your will, let not a fugitive escape out of the city to go to tell [it] in Jizreel.
1 Chronicles 10:7And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
1 Chronicles 15:3And David assembled all Israel to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah to its place that he had prepared for it.
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 →