1 Chronicles 13:1

And Dauid counselled with the captaines of thousandes and of hundreths, and with all the gouernours.

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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 Dauid said to all the Congregation of Israel, If it seeme good to you, and that it proceedeth of the Lord our God, we will sende to and from vnto our brethren, that are left in all the lande of Israel (for with them are the Priests and the Leuites in the cities and their suburbes) that they may assemble them selues vnto vs.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 6:1Againe Dauid gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, euen thirtie thousand,

1 Chronicles 12:14These were the sonnes of Gad, captaines of the hoste: one of the least could resist an hundreth, and the greatest a thousand.

1 Chronicles 12:32And of the children of Issachar which were men that had vnderstanding of the times, to knowe what Israel ought to doe: the heades of them were two hundreth, and all their brethren were at their commandement.

2 Chronicles 29:20And Hezekiah the King rose early, and gathered the princes of the citie, and went vp to the house of the Lord.

Proverbs 15:22Without cousel thoughts come to nought: but in the multitude of counsellers there is stedfastnesse.

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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