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

2David said to all the assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if it is from the Lord our God, let us send everywhere to our kinsmen who remain in all the land of Israel, also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their cities with pasture lands, that they may meet with us; 3and let us bring back the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul.” Then all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. 5So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim. 6David and all Israel went up to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim, which belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, the Lord who is enthroned above the cherubim, where His name is called.

1 Chronicles 13:4 word by word

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

• Then allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• the assemblyקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• that they would doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• soכֵּןkên · soH3651
• for the thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• was rightיָשַׁרyâshar · to smoothH3474
• in the eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 13:4

• 1 Samuel 18:20Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. When they told Saul, the thing was agreeable to him.
• 2 Samuel 3:36Now all the people took note of it, and it pleased them, just as everything the king did pleased all the people.
• 2 Chronicles 30:4Thus the thing was right in the sight of the king and all the assembly.
• Exodus 8:5Then the Lord said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the streams 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

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