1 Chronicles 13:3
and we bring around the Ark of our God to us, for we did not seek Him in the days of Saul.”
Literal Standard Version
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
4And all the assembly says to do so, for the thing is right in the eyes of all the people.
Cross References
1 Samuel 7:1And the men of Kirjath-Jearim come and bring up the Ark of YHWH, and bring it into the house of Abinadab, in the height, and they have sanctified his son Eleazar to keep the Ark of YHWH.
1 Samuel 14:36And Saul says, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and we prey on them until the morning light, and do not leave a man of them.” And they say, “Do all that is good in your eyes.” And the priest says, “Let us draw near to God here.”
1 Samuel 22:15Today have I begun to inquire of God for him? Far be it from me! Do not let the king lay anything against his servant, against any of the house of my father, for your servant has known nothing of all this, little or much.”
1 Samuel 23:9And David knows that Saul is devising the evil against him and says to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod near.”
Psalms 132:6Behold, we have heard it in Ephratah, || We have found it in the fields of the forest.
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 →