1 Chronicles 13:1

And Dovid consulted with the sarei ha'alafim and me'ot, and with every nagid.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And Dovid said unto kol Kehal Yisroel, If it seem tov unto you, and that it be of Hashem Eloheinu, let us send out everywhere unto acheinu (our brethren), that remain in kol Aratzot Yisroel, and with them also to the Kohanim and Levi'im which are in their towns and migroshot (adjacent open lands), that they may gather themselves unto us;

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Cross References

2 Samuel 6:1Again, Dovid gathered together kol bachur b'Yisroel, shloshim elef.

1 Chronicles 12:14Yirmeyah the tenth, Makhbanai the eleventh.

1 Chronicles 12:32And of the half tribe of Menasheh eighteen elef, which were designated by shmot, to come and make Dovid Melech.

2 Chronicles 29:20Then Chizkiyahu (Yechizkiyahu) HaMelech got up, and gathered the sarim of HaIr, and went up to the Beis Hashem.

Proverbs 15:22Without counsel, plans go amiss, 1 but in the multitude of yo'atzim (counsellors) they are established. 1

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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