1 Chronicles 13:2
And 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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Gill's Exposition
And David said unto all the congregation of Israel,.... To the above persons, as representatives of it:
if it seem good unto you, and that it be of the Lord our God; if it could be thought by them a…
Here is, I. David's pious proposal to bring up the ark of God to Jerusalem, that the royal city might be the holy city, Ch1 13:1-3. This part of the story we had not in Samuel. We may observe in this…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
let us send abroad The Heb. phrase is peculiar; let us send abroad widely, let the invitation be no limited one!
all the land of Israel R.V. mg. lands; cp. 2Ch 11:23; 2Ch 15:5; 2Ch 34:33.
the priests…
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