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1 Chronicles 13:6 Explained in Context
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Verse 6. 6And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
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Role in This Section
This verse advances the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence: “And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “All Israel moves the ark with music on a new cart.”
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 13:5–8
Read 1 Chronicles 13:6 with 13:5–8. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: A geographically broad assembly retrieves the ark from Kiriath-jearim, places it on a cart, and celebrates with instruments.
Why It Needs Context
1 Chronicles 13:6 depends on 13:5–8; isolating “And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to…” would detach a supporting name, action, quotation, number, object, or transition from “All Israel moves the ark with music on a new cart.”
Read 1 Chronicles 13:5–8 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 13:5–8 forms the complete movement “All Israel moves the ark with music on a new cart”: A geographically broad assembly retrieves the ark from Kiriath-jearim, places it on a cart, and celebrates with instruments.
Verse 5. 5 So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim.
Verse 6. 6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath-jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
Verse 7. 7 And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
Verse 8. 8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.
Continue in Context
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Read 1 Chronicles 13:5–8 — All Israel moves the ark with music on a new cartSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
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Exact location: 1 Chronicles 13:5–8, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
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