And we will bring again the [a]Ark of our God to us: for we sought not unto it in the days of Saul.

And all the Congregation answered, Let us do so: for the thing seemed good in the eyes of all the people.

(A)So David gathered all Israel together from [b]Shihor in Egypt, even unto the entering of Hamath, to bring the Ark of God from [c]Kirjath Jearim.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 13:3 His first care was to restore religion, which had in Saul’s days been corrupted and neglected.
  2. 1 Chronicles 13:5 Or, Nile.
  3. 1 Chronicles 13:5 That is, from Gibea, where the inhabitants of Kirjath Jearim had placed it in the house of Abinadab, 2 Sam. 6:3.

Let us bring the ark of our God back to us,(A) for we did not inquire(B) of[a] it[b] during the reign of Saul.” The whole assembly agreed to do this, because it seemed right to all the people.

So David assembled all Israel,(C) from the Shihor River(D) in Egypt to Lebo Hamath,(E) to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 13:3 Or we neglected
  2. 1 Chronicles 13:3 Or him