1 Chronicles 13:1
One day David talked with all his army officers. Some of them were commanders of 100 soldiers and some were commanders of 1,000 soldiers.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 6:1Then David chose 30,000 Israeli men and gathered them together.
1 Chronicles 12:14Those men from the tribe of Gad were all army officers. Some of them commanded 1,000 soldiers, and some of them commanded 100 soldiers.
1 Chronicles 12:32There were 200 men who were leaders from the tribe of Issachar, along with their relatives. Those leaders always knew what the Israelis should do, and they knew the right time to do it.
2 Chronicles 29:20Early the next morning, King Hezekiah gathered together the city officials, and they went to the courtyard of the temple.
Proverbs 15:22If there is no one to give us good advice, we will not accomplish what we are planning to do; but when we have many good advisors, we will 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 →