1 Chronicles 13:1
And David consulted with the officers of the thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 6:1And David assembled again all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
1 Chronicles 12:14These were of the sons of Gad, the chiefs of the army, one of the least could fight with a hundred, and the greatest with a thousand.
1 Chronicles 12:32And of the children of Issachar, those who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do,—their heads were two hundred; and all their brethren were ready at their order.
2 Chronicles 29:20Then arose king Hezekiah early, and gathered together the princes of the city, and went up to the house of the Lord.
Proverbs 15:22Plans are frustrated without consultation; but through a multitude of counsellors canst thou maintain thyself.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 13:1
In the foregoing chapter we have David made king, by which the civil government was happily settled. In this chapter care is taken about religion. I. David consults with the representatives of the people about bringing up the ark out of its obscurity into a public place; and it is resolved on, ver. 1-4 . II. With a great deal of solemnity and joy, it is carried from Kirjath-jearim, ver. 5-8 . III. Uzza is struck dead for touching it, which, for the present, spoils the solemnity and stops the proceedings, ver. 9-14… Read the whole commentary →