1 Chronicles 13:2
in 1 Chronicles 13And 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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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This verse in 1 Chronicles 13
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
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.
This site's exposition
the captains of thousands and hundreds
on 1 Chronicles 13:1-3
David's first act as reigning king in Chronicles is not a war but the ark, placed before the battles of chapter 14 and its palace building, the worship-first shape of the whole book. He consults the captains of thousands and hundreds and then the whole congregation of Israel, a national deliberation wider than Samuel's account, which simply reports David gathering thirty thousand chosen men. Verse 3's confession, that Israel enquired not at the ark in the days of Saul, reaches back to the verdict Chronicles already stated on Saul at 10:13-14: he died for asking counsel of a familiar spirit and not enquiring of the LORD. David's first move corrects exactly that failure.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
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,
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.
And after they were repulsed with great loss and shame, David sets upon the execution of what he had resolved, and in order to it calls another general assembly of the people. Of the Lord - If this translation of the ark be pleasing to God. Are left - After the great desolations and destructions which God for their sins had made among them.
And David said unto all the congregation of Israel,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
it has been opened The fence that was closed until now has been opened, for no one has yet inquired of God. let us send to our brethren remaining because of the honor of the Ark.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
And David conferred with the officers of the thousands He said to them, “You have already engaged in matters that are for your benefit, for you have a king to save you; now you should engage in the honor of God.”
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
26 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֨אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| דָּוִ֜יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| לְכֹ֣ל׀ | lekhol | to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| קְהַ֣ל | kehal | [the] assembly of | H6951 → | 123 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אִם־ | ʾim- | if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| עֲלֵיכֶ֨ם | ʾaleikhem | [is] on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| ט֜וֹב | tov | good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| וּמִן־ | umin- | and from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ | ʾeloheinu | God our | H430 → | 2601 times |
| נִפְרְצָה֙ | nifretzah | let us spread out | H6555 → | 49 times |
| נִשְׁלְחָ֞ה | nishlechah | let us send | H7971 → | 845 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | to | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אַחֵ֣ינוּ | ʾacheinu | countrymen our | H251 → | 630 times |
| הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֗ים | hanisharim | who remain | H7604 → | |
| בְּכֹל֙ | bekhol | in all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אַרְצ֣וֹת | ʾartzot | [the] lands of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וְעִמָּהֶ֛ם | veimahem | and with them | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִ֥ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וְהַלְוִיִּ֖ם | vehalviyim | and the Levites | H3881 → | 291 times |
| בְּעָרֵ֣י | bearei | in [the] cities of | H5892 → | 1090 times |
| מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֑ם | migresheihem | pasture lands their | H4054 → | 119 times |
| וְיִקָּבְצ֖וּ | veyikavetzu | so they may gather together | H6908 → | 127 times |
| אֵלֵֽינוּ׃ | ʾeleinu | to us | H413 → | 5510 times |
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
דָּוִ֜ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
לְכֹ֣ל׀to all
lekholH3605 →5413 times
קְהַ֣ל[the] assembly of
kehalH6951 →123 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אִם־if
ʾim-H518 →1069 times
עֲלֵיכֶ֨ם[is] on you
ʾaleikhemH5921 →5755 times
ט֜וֹבgood
tovH2896 →538 times
וּמִן־and from
umin-H4480 →1188 times
יְהוָ֣הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּGod our
ʾeloheinuH430 →2601 times
נִפְרְצָה֙let us spread out
nifretzahH6555 →49 times
נִשְׁלְחָ֞הlet us send
nishlechahH7971 →845 times
עַל־to
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
אַחֵ֣ינוּcountrymen our
ʾacheinuH251 →630 times
הַנִּשְׁאָרִ֗יםwho remain
hanisharimH7604 →
בְּכֹל֙in all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
אַרְצ֣וֹת[the] lands of
ʾartzotH776 →2504 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וְעִמָּהֶ֛םand with them
veimahemH5973 →1050 times
הַכֹּהֲנִ֥יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
וְהַלְוִיִּ֖םand the Levites
vehalviyimH3881 →291 times
בְּעָרֵ֣יin [the] cities of
beareiH5892 →1090 times
מִגְרְשֵׁיהֶ֑םpasture lands their
migresheihemH4054 →119 times
וְיִקָּבְצ֖וּso they may gather together
veyikavetzuH6908 →127 times
אֵלֵֽינוּ׃to us
ʾeleinuH413 →5510 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Samuel 31:1Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
it 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…
- 1 Chronicles 10:1–12
Through
Isaiah 37:4Perhaps 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…
it 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.
- Isaiah 1:9
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.