English Standard Version
1 Chronicles 13:4
4All the assembly agreed to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The whole assembly agreed to this, for the people could see it was the right thing to do.
Context of 1 Chronicles 13:4
2And David said to all the assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you and from the Lord our God, let us send abroad to our brothers who remain in all the lands of Israel, as well as to the priests and Levites in the cities that have pasturelands, that they may be gathered to us. 3Then let us bring again the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul." All the assembly agreed to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. 5So David assembled all Israel from the Nile of Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim. 6And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim that belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord who sits enthroned above the cherubim.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 131 Chronicles 13:4 word by word
וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ כָֽל־הַקָּהָ֖ל לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת כֵּ֑ן כִּֽי־יָשַׁ֥ר הַדָּבָ֖ר בְּעֵינֵ֥י כָל־הָעָֽם׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 13:4
- 1 Samuel 18:20Now Saul's daughter Michal loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
- 2 Samuel 3:36And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them, as everything that the king did pleased all the people.
- 2 Chronicles 30:4and the plan seemed right to the king and all the assembly.
- Exodus 8:5And the Lord said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals and over the pools, and make frogs 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
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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
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