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1 Chronicles 13:2 Explained in Context
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Verse 2. 2And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:
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Quick Meaning
Conditions David's proposal on communal agreement and God while summoning dispersed Israel and Levites.
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 13:1–13:4
Conditions David's proposal on communal agreement and God while summoning dispersed Israel and Levites. Read 1 Chronicles 13:2 within 13:1–13:4. The complete unit records: David consults commanders and leaders, proposes gathering Israel, priests, and Levites, and admits the ark was neglected in Saul's days.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The first royal initiative after consolidation turns toward worship through broad consultation. In this exact position, the line beginning “And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto…” conditions David's proposal on communal agreement and God while summoning dispersed Israel and Levites.
What Remains True
Conditions David's proposal on communal agreement and God while summoning dispersed Israel and Levites. This concrete detail supports a bounded truth: Worship requires ordered, truthful, skilled, and accountable service, while sacred office, beauty, or scale never determines a person's worth.
How It Can Shape Life
- Because this verse conditions David's proposal on communal agreement and God while summoning dispersed Israel and Levites, keep it inside 13:1–13:4, compare its Samuel-Kings relationship honestly, protect affected people from coercion or stigma, and apply only the accountable principle the complete unit supports.
Continue in Context
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Read 1 Chronicles 13:1–13:4 — David and the assembly agree to retrieve the arkSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 1 Chronicles 13:1–13:4, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 13:1–13:4
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NET Bible Full Notes: 1 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
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Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 1 Chronicles 13:1–13:4, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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