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Literal Standard Version

1 Chronicles 13:1

And David consults with the heads of the thousands and of the hundreds, [and] with every leader,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Tact;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Armies of Israel, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Kirjath-Jearim, or Kirjath-Baal;   Uzzah;   War;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Mikloth;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - War;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Armies;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abinadab;   Ark of the Covenant;   David;   Judge;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Captain;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
David consulted with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.
Hebrew Names Version
David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.
King James Version
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
English Standard Version
David consulted with the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with every leader.
New Century Version
David talked with all the officers of his army, the commanders of a hundred men and the commanders of a thousand men.
New English Translation
David consulted with his military officers, including those who led groups of a thousand and those who led groups of a hundred.
Amplified Bible
David consulted with the captains of the thousands and the hundreds, even with every leader.
New American Standard Bible
Then David consulted with the captains of the thousands and the hundreds, with every leader.
World English Bible
David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Dauid counselled with the captaines of thousandes and of hundreths, and with all the gouernours.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then David took counsel with the commanders of the thousands and the hundreds, even with every leader.
Berean Standard Bible
Then David conferred with all his leaders, the commanders of hundreds and of thousands.
Contemporary English Version
Some time later, David talked with his army commanders,
Complete Jewish Bible
David consulted with the commanders of thousands and of hundreds — with every leader.
Darby Translation
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, with every prince.
Easy-to-Read Version
David talked with all the officers of his army.
George Lamsa Translation
AND David consulted with the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and with all the leaders and governors of Israel.
Good News Translation
King David consulted with all the officers in command of units of a thousand men and units of a hundred men.
Lexham English Bible
And David consulted with the commanders of thousands and hundreds, with every leader.
Literal Translation
And David consulted the chiefs of the thousands and of the hundreds, to every leader.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Dauid helde a councell with the captaynes ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds, and with all the prynces,
American Standard Version
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.
Bible in Basic English
Then David had discussions with the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds and with every chief.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Dauid counsailed with the captaynes of thousandes and hundredes, and with al the Lordes,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.
King James Version (1611)
And Dauid consulted with the captaines of thousands, and hundreds, and with euery leader.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And David took counsel with the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, even with every commander.
English Revised Version
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Dauid took counsel with tribunes, and centuriouns, and alle princes;
Update Bible Version
And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.
Webster's Bible Translation
And David consulted with the captains of thousands, and of hundreds, [and] with every leader.
New King James Version
2 Samuel 6:1-11">[xr] Then David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader.
New Living Translation
David consulted with all his officials, including the generals and captains of his army.
New Life Bible
Then David spoke with the captains of the thousands and the hundreds and with every leader about what should be done.
New Revised Standard
David consulted with the commanders of the thousands and of the hundreds, with every leader.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And David consulted with the rulers of thousands and hundreds, even with every chief ruler.
Douay-Rheims Bible
David consulted with the captains of thousands, and of hundreds, and with all the commanders.
Revised Standard Version
David consulted with the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with every leader.
Young's Literal Translation
And David consulteth with the heads of the thousands, and of the hundreds, every leader,
THE MESSAGE
David consulted with all of his leaders, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds. Then David addressed the entire assembly of Israel, "If it seems right to you, and it is God 's will, let's invite all our relatives wherever they are throughout Israel, along with their relatives, including their priests and Levites from their cities and surrounding pastures, to join us. And let's bring the Chest of our God back—the Chest that was out of sight, out of mind during the days of Saul." The entire assembly of Israel agreed—everybody agreed that it was the right thing to do. So David gathered all Israel together, from Egypt's Pond of Horus in the southwest to the Pass of Hamath in the northeast, to go and get the Chest of God from Kiriath Jearim. Then David and all Israel went to Baalah (Kiriath Jearim) in Judah to bring back the Chest of God, the "Cherubim-Throne-of- God ," where God 's Name is invoked. They moved the Chest of God on a brand-new cart from the house of Abinadab with Uzzah and Ahio in charge. In procession with the Chest of God, David and all Israel worshiped exuberantly in song and dance, with a marching band of all kinds of instruments. When they were at the threshing floor of Kidon, the oxen stumbled and Uzzah grabbed the Chest to keep it from falling off. God erupted in anger against Uzzah and killed him because he grabbed the Chest. He died on the spot—in the presence of God. David lost his temper, angry because God exploded against Uzzah; the place is still called Perez Uzzah (Exploded Uzzah). David was terrified of God that day; he said, "How can I possibly continue this parade with the Chest of God?" So David called off the parade of the Chest to the City of David; instead he stored it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. The Chest of God was in storage in the house of Obed-Edom for three months. God blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything around him.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then David consulted with the captains of the thousands and the hundreds, even with every leader.

Contextual Overview

1And David consults with the heads of the thousands and of the hundreds, [and] with every leader,2and David says to all the assembly of Israel, "If it is good to you, and it has broken forth from our God YHWH—we send to our brothers, those left in all the lands of Israel, and the priests and the Levites with them in the cities of their outskirts, and they are gathered to us, 3and we bring around the Ark of our God to us, for we did not seek Him in the days of Saul." 4And all the assembly says to do so, for the thing is right in the eyes of all the people. 5And David assembles all Israel from Shihor of Egypt even to the entering in of Hamath, to bring in the Ark of God from Kirjath-Jearim, 6and David goes up, and all Israel, to Ba‘alah, to Kirjath-Jearim that [belongs] to Judah, to bring up from there the Ark of God, YHWH, inhabiting the cherubim, where the Name is called on. 7And they place the Ark of God on a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio are leading the cart, 8and David and all Israel are playing before God, with all strength, and with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

consulted: 1 Chronicles 12:14, 1 Chronicles 12:20, 1 Chronicles 12:32, 2 Samuel 6:1, 2 Kings 23:1, 2 Chronicles 29:20, 2 Chronicles 34:29, 2 Chronicles 34:30

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:1 - that they might bring 1 Kings 20:7 - all the elders 1 Chronicles 23:2 - he gathered 1 Chronicles 27:1 - captains 2 Chronicles 1:2 - to the captains 2 Chronicles 20:21 - consulted 2 Chronicles 25:5 - captains over thousands 2 Chronicles 30:2 - the king Nehemiah 12:31 - the princes Job 29:25 - chose out Matthew 25:16 - went

Cross-References

Genesis 13:9
Is not all the land before you? Please be parted from me; if to the left, then I to the right; and if to the right, then I to the left."
Genesis 20:1
And Abraham journeys from there toward the land of the south, and dwells between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourns in Gerar;
Genesis 21:33
and [Abraham] plants a tamarisk in Beer-Sheba, and preaches there in the Name of YHWH, the perpetual God;
Joshua 10:40
And Joshua strikes all the land of the hill-country, and of the south, and of the low-country, and of the springs, and all their kings—he has not left a remnant, and he has devoted all that breathe, as YHWH, God of Israel, commanded.
Joshua 18:5
and they have divided it into seven portions—Judah stays by its border on the south, and the house of Joseph stays by their border on the north—
1 Samuel 27:10
And Achish says, "To where have you pushed today?" And David says, "Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelite, and to the south of the Kenite."
2 Samuel 24:7
and they come to the fortress of Tyre, and all the cities of the Hivite, and of the Canaanite, and go out to the south of Judah, to Beer-Sheba.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And David consulted with the captains of thousands, and hundreds, and with every leader. With the chiliarchs and centurions, and every officer in that large body of armed men in every tribe, who met to make and crown him king: for at that time was this consultation had, and therefore is connected with it; though the affair advised about was not yet done, as Dr. Lightfoot h observes, and was not done until some considerable time afterwards. Advice being taken, the several officers went with their men to their respective countries, to meet again at a certain time and place to put the thing projected into execution; and between this and that time were Hiram's message to David on his accession to the throne, the taking of Jerusalem, and the two battles with the Philistines, as the same writer notes; most of which are recorded before this in the book of Samuel, and follow here.

h Works, vol. 1. p. 61, 62.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The captains ... - Such an organisation had probably been established generally through the tribes prior to the time of David: but David seems to have been the first to recognize in these officers of the host representatives of the people, to consult them on public affairs, and to give them a certain political position.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XIII

David consults with his officers, and resolves to bring back

the ark from the house of Abinadab, 1-4.

They place it on a new cart, and Uzza and Ahio drive the cart;

the oxen stumbling, Uzza puts forth his hand to save the ark

from falling, and he is smitten by the Lord, 5-10.

David is displeased, and orders the ark to be carried to the

house of Obed-edom the Gittite, 11-13.

The ark abides there three months, and the Lord blesses

Obed-edom, 14.

NOTES ON CHAP. XIII

Verse 1 Chronicles 13:1. David consulted — Having taken the strong hold of Zion from the Jebusites, organized his army, got assurances of the friendly disposition of the Israelites towards him, he judged it right to do what he could for the establishment of religion in the land; and as a first step, consulted on the propriety of bringing the ark from an obscure village, where it had remained during the reign of Saul, to the royal city or seat of government.


 
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