Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 13:4
And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David proposes relocating the ark of God to the assembled leaders and Israelites following its neglect under Saul. The narrative records the immediate response of the crowd to this initiative.
The words — יָשַׁר (ya.shar) translates as "it was pleasing" or "right," describing the matter's reception. The phrase כָּל־הַקָּהָל (kol-ha.qahal) literally renders "all the assembly," identifying the collective body that consents.
The thread — Collective approval of a religious initiative appears in 2 Chronicles 30:4, where a planned observance pleases both the king and the whole assembly.
Why it lands — The text records a factual consensus before any theological evaluation follows. A reader must note that agreement on a proposal does not automatically validate the proposal's spiritual correctness.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
Cross-references
- 1 Samuel 18:20 Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.
- 2 Samuel 3:36 All the people took note and were pleased. In fact, everything the king did pleased them.
- 2 Chronicles 30:4 This plan pleased the king and the whole assembly.
- 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.