1 Chronicles 13:1

And David consults with the heads of the thousands and of the hundreds, [and] with every leader,

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.

In Context

2and David says to all the assembly of Israel, “If it is good to you, and it has broken forth from our God YHWH—we send to our brothers, those left in all the lands of Israel, and the priests and the Levites with them in the cities of their outskirts, and they are gathered to us,

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Cross References

2 Samuel 6:1And again David gathered every chosen one in Israel—thirty thousand,

1 Chronicles 12:14These [are] of the sons of Gad, heads of the host; the least [is] one of one hundred, and the greatest, of one thousand;

1 Chronicles 12:32And of the sons of Issachar, having understanding for the times, to know what Israel should do; their heads [are] two hundred, and all their brothers [are] at their command.

2 Chronicles 29:20And Hezekiah the king rises early, and gathers the heads of the city, and goes up to the house of YHWH;

Proverbs 15:22The making void of purposes [is] without counsel, || And in a multitude of counselors it is established.

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 →

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