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1 Chronicles 13:4

2 And he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is of the LORD our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our brothers in all the land of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands, so that they may join us.

3 Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”

And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.

5 So David assembled all Israel, from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

6 David and all Israel went up to Baalah of Judah (that is, Kiriath-jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the LORD, who is enthroned between the cherubim—the ark that is called by the Name.

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BSB
And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.
KJV
And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
WEB
All the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
ASV
And all the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
DARBY
And all the congregation said that they should do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
BLB
And all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
ÅB
Da sa hele menigheten at så burde gjøres; for hele folket syntes det var rett.
OTB
Da var hele forsamlingen enig i å gjøre det,
for det var rett i alles øyne.
B1930
Da sa hele menigheten at så burde gjøres; for hele folket syntes det var rett.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 3:36

    All the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.

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  • 2 Chronicles 30:4

    This proposal pleased the king and the whole assembly.

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  • 1 Samuel 18:20

    Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.

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  • Esther 8:5

    “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.

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