1 Chronicles 13:2
and 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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In Context
1And David consults with the heads of the thousands and of the hundreds, [and] with every leader,
3and we bring around the Ark of our God to us, for we did not seek Him in the days of Saul.”
Cross References
Exodus 18:23If you do this thing, and God has commanded you, then you have been able to stand, and all this people also goes to its place in peace.”
Numbers 35:2“Command the sons of Israel, and they have given to the Levites cities to inhabit from the inheritance of their possession; you also give [the] outskirt around them, of the cities, to the Levites.
2 Samuel 7:2that the king says to Nathan the prophet, “Now see, I am dwelling in a house of cedars, but the Ark of God is dwelling in the midst of the curtain.”
2 Kings 9:15and King Joram turns back to be healed in Jezreel, of the wounds with which the Arameans strike him in his fighting with Hazael king of Aram. And Jehu says, “If it is your mind, do not let an escaped one go out from the city, to go to declare [it] in Jezreel.”
1 Chronicles 10:7And all the men of Israel who [are] in the valley see that they have fled and that Saul and his sons have died, and they forsake their cities and flee, and the Philistines come and dwell in them.
1 Chronicles 15:3And David assembles all Israel to Jerusalem, to bring up the Ark of YHWH 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 →