1 Chronicles 15:13
For because ye were not ready at the first, our God made a breach upon us, because we sought him not according to the ordinance.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves, to bring up the ark of the God of Israel.
Cross References
Numbers 7:9But to the sons of Caath he gave them not, because they have the ministrations of the sacred things: they shall bear them on their shoulders.
2 Samuel 6:3And they put the ark of the Lord on a new waggon, and took it out of the house of Aminadab who lived on the hill: and Oza and his brethren the sons of Aminadab drove the waggon + 6:3 Alex. more according to the Heb. inserts 'and brought it out of the house of Abinadab in the hill.'with the ark.
2 Samuel 6:8And David was dispirited because the Lord made a breach upon Oza; and that place was called the breach of Oza until this day.
1 Chronicles 13:7And they set the ark of God on a new waggon brought out of the house of Aminadab: and Oza and his brethren drove the waggon.
1 Chronicles 15:2Then said David, It is not lawful for any to bear the ark of God, but the Levites; for the Lord has chosen them to bear the ark of the Lord, and to minister to him for ever.
Proverbs 28:13He that covers his own ungodliness shall not prosper: but he that blames himself shall be loved.
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 →