1 Chronicles 13:1

Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 6:1David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all.

1 Chronicles 12:14These Gadites were army commanders, the least of whom was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.

1 Chronicles 12:32From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.

2 Chronicles 29:20Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.

Proverbs 15:22Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

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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