1 Chronicles 13:2 BSB

1 Chronicles 13:2

And 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.

BSB

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ASV

And David said unto all the assembly of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and if it be of Jehovah our God, let us send abroad every where unto our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, with whom the priests and Levites are in their cities that have suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us;

KJV

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:

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Commentary

3 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

During the reign of the late king, the ark had been left in culpable neglect. Consequently the people had, to a great extent, been careless about the ordinances of divine worship, or had contented themselves with offering sacrifices at Gibeon, without any thought of the ark, though it was the chief and most vital part of the tabernacle.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Let those that are left be quickened by late judgments, and present mercies, to seek unto God. (3.) He takes care that the priests and Levites especially should be summoned to attend the ark; for it was their province in a particular manner. Thus Christian magistrates should stir up ministers to do their duty when they see them remiss.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This part of the story we had not in Samuel. We may observe in this proposal, 1. That as soon as David was well seated on his throne he had thoughts concerning the ark of God: Let us bring the ark to us,

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Original language & word study

26 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
דָּוִ֜יד	da.Vid	David	H1732 →
לְכֹ֣ל׀	le.Khol	to all	H3605 →
קְהַ֣ל	ke.Hal	[the] assembly of	H6951 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
עֲלֵיכֶ֨ם	'a.lei.Khem	[is] on you	H5921 →
ט֜וֹב	Tov	good	H2896 →
וּמִן־	u.min-	and from	H4480 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ	'e.lo.Hei.nu	God our	H430 →
נִפְרְצָה֙	nif.re.Tzah	let us spread out	H6555 →
נִשְׁלְחָ֞ה	nish.le.Chah	let us send	H7971 →
עַל־	'al-	to	H5921 →
אַחֵ֣ינוּ	'a.Chei.nu	countrymen our	H251 →
הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֗ים	ha.nish.'a.Rim	who remain	H7604 →
בְּכֹל֙	be.Khol	in all	H3605 →
אַרְצ֣וֹת	'ar.Tzot	[the] lands of	H776 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וְעִמָּהֶ֛ם	ve.'i.ma.Hem	and with them	H5973 →
הַכֹּהֲנִ֥ים	ha.ko.ha.Nim	the priests	H3548 →
וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם	ve.hal.vi.Yim	and the Levites	H3881 →
בְּעָרֵ֣י	be.'a.Rei	in [the] cities of	H5892 →
מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֑ם	mig.re.shei.Hem	pasture lands their	H4054 →
וְיִקָּבְצ֖וּ	ve.yi.ka.ve.Tzu	so they may gather together	H6908 →
אֵלֵֽינוּ׃	'e.Lei.nu	to us	H413 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Samuel 31:1
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 10:1–12
  Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
- 1 Samuel 28:4
  The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and camped at Gilboa.
- 2 Samuel 1:21
  O mountains of Gilboa, may you have no dew or rain, no fields yielding offerings of grain. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, no longer anointed with…
Through
Isaiah 37:4
Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words…
leads to
- Isaiah 1:9
  Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.
- Isaiah 36:20
  Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land from my hand? How then can the LORD deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”
- Isaiah 10:22
  Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
- Psalms 106:23
  So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.
- Psalms 50:21
  You have done these things, and I kept silent; you thought I was just like you. But now I rebuke you and accuse you to your face.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

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06About 1 Chronicles

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

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About 1 Chronicles