1 Chronicles 13:4
in 1 Chronicles 13And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.
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ASV
And all the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
KJV
And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 13
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the thing was right in the eyes of all the people
on 1 Chronicles 13:4-6
The whole congregation agrees without dissent, and David summons Israel from Shihor of Egypt to the entering of Hemath, the nation's outer borders named to mark this as an all-Israel undertaking rather than a local errand. The ark had rested at Kirjath-jearim, also called Baalah, since the men of that town received it back from the Philistines a generation earlier. Verse 6 names it fully, the ark of God the LORD that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it, the throne title the Law itself gives it at Exodus 25:22.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
): The thing was right in the eyes of all the people. Nobody could say to the contrary, but that it was a very good work and very seasonable; so that it was resolved, nemine contradicente -- unanimously, that they would do so.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation+unbalanced-parens
And all the congregation said that they would do so,.... They unanimously agreed to the motion: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people; they saw the propriety, necessity, and usefulness of it.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ | vaiyomeru | and they said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| כָֽל־ | khol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַקָּהָ֖ל | hakahal | the assembly | H6951 → | 123 times |
| לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת | laasot | to do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| כֵּ֑ן | ken | thus | H3651 → | 771 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יָשַׁ֥ר | yashar | it was pleasing | H3474 → | |
| הַדָּבָ֖ר | hadavar | the matter | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| בְּעֵינֵ֥י | beeinei | in [the] eyes of | H5869 → | 887 times |
| כָל־ | khol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָעָֽם׃ | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּand they said
vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times
כָֽל־all
khol-H3605 →5413 times
הַקָּהָ֖לthe assembly
hakahalH6951 →123 times
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹתto do
laasotH6213 →2628 times
כֵּ֑ןthus
kenH3651 →771 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
יָשַׁ֥רit was pleasing
yasharH3474 →
הַדָּבָ֖רthe matter
hadavarH1697 →1440 times
בְּעֵינֵ֥יin [the] eyes of
beeineiH5869 →887 times
כָל־all
khol-H3605 →5413 times
הָעָֽם׃the people
haamH5971 →1873 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
Esther 8:5“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order…
it leads to
- Esther 7:3
Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my…
- Esther 5:8
If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the…
- Esther 3:12–13
On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of…
- Exodus 33:16
For how then can it be known that Your people and I have found favor in Your sight, unless You go with us? How else will we be distinguished from all the other people…
- Esther 7:3
Through
2 Samuel 3:36All the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.
it leads to
- Mark 7:37
The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”
- Mark 15:11–13
But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas to them instead.
- 2 Samuel 15:6
Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
- Mark 7:37
Through
1 Samuel 18:20Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 18:28
When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,
- 1 Samuel 18:28
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.