1 Chronicles 13:3
and let us bring back the ark of our God to us; for we sought not unto it in the days of Saul.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
Cross References
1 Samuel 7:1And the men of Kiriath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
1 Samuel 14:36And Saul said: 'Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them.' And they said: 'Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee.' Then said the priest: 'Let us draw near hither unto God.'
1 Samuel 22:15Have I to-day begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me; let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knoweth nothing of all this, less or more.'
1 Samuel 23:9And David knew that Saul devised mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest: 'Bring hither the ephod.'
Psalms 132:6Lo, we heard of it as being in Ephrath; we found it in the field 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 →