1 Chronicles 13:4

The whole assembly agreed to do these things, because they seemed right in the eyes of all the people.

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And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

In Context

3Let us bring the ark of our God back to ourselves, for we did not seek his will in the days of Saul's reign.”

5So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 3:36All the people took notice of David's grief, and it pleased them, as whatever the king did pleased them.

Esther 8:5She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in your eyes, if the thing seems right before the king, and I am pleasing in your eyes, let a decree be written to revoke the letters written by Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the letters that he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces.

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 →

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