1 Chronicles 13:4

1 Chronicles 13:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
• New International Version (NIV)The whole assembly agreed to do this, because it seemed right to all the people.
• English Standard Version (ESV)All the assembly agreed to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

Context of 1 Chronicles 13:4

2And David said to all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good to you, and it be of Jehovah our God, let us send abroad to our brethren everywhere, that are left in all the lands of Israel, and with them to the priests and Levites in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves to us; 3and let us bring again the ark of our God to us; for we inquired not of it in the days of Saul. And all the congregation said that they should do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. 5And David assembled all Israel from the Shihor of Egypt unto the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim. 6And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, of Jehovah, who sitteth between the cherubim, whose name is placed [there].

1 Chronicles 13:4 word by word

וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ כָֽל־הַקָּהָ֖ל לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת כֵּ֑ן כִּֽי־יָשַׁ֥ר הַדָּבָ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י כָל־הָעָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• soכֵּןkên · rightH3651
• thingדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 13:4

• 1 Samuel 18:20And Michal Saul's daughter loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing was right in his sight.
• 2 Samuel 3:36And all the people remarked it, and it pleased them; as whatever the king did pleased all the people.
• 2 Chronicles 30:4And the thing pleased the king and the whole congregation.
• Exodus 8:5And Jehovah said to Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy hand with thy staff over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 13:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-14These chapters describe how Jerusalem became the political and religious center of Israel. The story begins with David's failed attempt to move the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 13:1–14; compare 2 Samuel 6:2–11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-81Ch 13:1-8. David Fetches the Ark from Kirjath-jearim. 1-3. David consulted ... And let us bring again the ark of our God--Gratitude for the high and splendid dignity to which he had been elevated would naturally, at this period, impart a fresh animation and impulse to the habitually fervent piety of David; but, at the same time, he was animated by other motives. He fully understood his position as ruler under the theocracy, and, entering on his duties…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 13:4

• Tact

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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary