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Let’s move the ark of our God back here,[a] for we did not seek his will[b] throughout Saul’s reign.”[c] The whole assembly agreed to do this,[d] for the proposal seemed right to all the people.[e] So David assembled all Israel from the Shihor River[f] in Egypt to Lebo Hamath,[g] to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 13:3 tn Heb “to us.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 13:3 tn Heb “him.” In this case, seeking God’s will is what is implied.
  3. 1 Chronicles 13:3 tn Heb “in the days of Saul.”
  4. 1 Chronicles 13:4 tn Heb “all the assembly said to do so.”
  5. 1 Chronicles 13:4 tn Heb “for right was the word in the eyes of all the people.”
  6. 1 Chronicles 13:5 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.sn The Shihor River was a river on the border of Egypt, probably the eastern branch of the Nile.
  7. 1 Chronicles 13:5 tn Or “the entrance to Hamath.”