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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/13.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/13.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Let us bring the ark of our God back to us, for we did not inquire of it during the reign of Saul.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />It is time to bring back the Ark of our God, for we neglected it during the reign of Saul.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then let us bring again the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_chronicles/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />and let us bring the ark of our God back to us, for we have not inquired at it since the days of Saul.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_chronicles/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and let us bring back the ark of our God to us, since we did not seek it in the days of Saul.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and let us bring back the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_chronicles/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and let us bring back the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_chronicles/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and let us bring back the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_chronicles/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and let us bring back the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it during the days of Saul.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_chronicles/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then let’s bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of him in Saul’s days.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_chronicles/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in Saul&#8217s days.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_chronicles/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we sought not unto it in the days of Saul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_chronicles/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we sought not unto it in the days of Saul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_chronicles/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then we'll bring back our God's ark, which we ignored while Saul was king."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_chronicles/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then we will go and get God's Covenant Box, which was ignored while Saul was king." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_chronicles/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then let's bring the Ark of God back to us, because we didn't consult it during Saul's reign."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_chronicles/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_chronicles/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Let's move the ark of our God back here, for we did not seek his will throughout Saul's reign."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_chronicles/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and let us bring again the ark of our God to us. For we did not seek it in the days of Saul."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_chronicles/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And let us bring again to us the ark of our God: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_chronicles/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Also, let’s bring the ark of our God back to us again, for we didn’t seek it in the days of Saul.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_chronicles/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and we bring around the Ark of our God to us, for we did not seek Him in the days of Saul.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_chronicles/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and we bring round the ark of our God unto us, for we sought Him not in the days of Saul.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_chronicles/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And we will turn about the ark of our God to us: for we sought it not in the days of Saul.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_chronicles/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we sought it not in the days of Saul. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_chronicles/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And let us bring back the ark of our God to us. For we did not seek it during the days of Saul.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_chronicles/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and let us bring the ark of our God here among us, for in the days of Saul we did not consult it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_chronicles/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then let us bring again the ark of our God to us; for we did not turn to it in the days of Saul.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_chronicles/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />So that they may gather themselves and come to us, and pray before the LORD our God and beseech him because of our sins; for we did not pray before him in the days of Saul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_chronicles/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And let them pray before LORD JEHOVAH our God and inquire from him because of our sins, because we were not praying before him in days of Shaul.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_chronicles/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />and let us bring back the ark of our God to us; for we sought not unto it in the days of Saul.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_chronicles/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And let us bring over to us the ark of our God; for men have not enquired <i>at</i> it since the days of Saul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_chronicles/13-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wtNNY-qpWWI?start=4060" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_chronicles/13.htm">David Fetches the Ark</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>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. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5437.htm" title="5437: wə·nā·sêb·bāh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cp) -- A primitive root; to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively.">Then let us bring back</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/727.htm" title="727: ’ă·rō·wn (N-csc) -- A chest, ark. Or laron; from 'arah; a box.">the ark</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">of our God,</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lê·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">we did not</a> <a href="/hebrew/1875.htm" title="1875: ḏə·raš·nu·hū (V-Qal-Perf-1cp:: 3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow; by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship.">inquire of Him</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bî·mê (Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">in the days</a> <a href="/hebrew/7586.htm" title="7586: šā·’ūl (N-proper-ms) -- Passive participle of sha'al; asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites.">of Saul.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/6-3.htm">2 Samuel 6:3-4</a></span><br />They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart, / bringing with it the ark of God. And Ahio was walking in front of the ark.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/7-1.htm">1 Samuel 7:1-2</a></span><br />Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD. / And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mournfully sought the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/6-12.htm">2 Samuel 6:12-15</a></span><br />Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing. / When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf. / And David, wearing a linen ephod, danced with all his might before the LORD, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/6-20.htm">1 Samuel 6:20-21</a></span><br />The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?” / So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/4-3.htm">1 Samuel 4:3-4</a></span><br />When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.” / So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/6-17.htm">2 Samuel 6:17</a></span><br />So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/5-1.htm">1 Samuel 5:1-2</a></span><br />After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod, / carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/6-7.htm">1 Samuel 6:7-9</a></span><br />Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up. / Take the ark of the LORD, set it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending back to Him as a guilt offering. Then send the ark on its way, / but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/4-11.htm">1 Samuel 4:11</a></span><br />The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/6-13.htm">1 Samuel 6:13-15</a></span><br />Now the people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed at the sight. / The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD. / And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/5-10.htm">1 Samuel 5:10-12</a></span><br />So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, “They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!” / Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it. / Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/6-19.htm">1 Samuel 6:19</a></span><br />But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/5-6.htm">1 Samuel 5:6-9</a></span><br />Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors. / And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.” / So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/5-3.htm">1 Samuel 5:3-5</a></span><br />When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place. / But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained. / That is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and all who enter the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on the threshold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/6-10.htm">1 Samuel 6:10-12</a></span><br />So the men did as instructed. They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and penned up their calves. / Then they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, along with the chest containing the gold rats and the images of the tumors. / And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul.</p><p class="hdg">bring again [heb] bring about </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/7-1.htm">1 Samuel 7:1,2</a></b></br> And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/132-6.htm">Psalm 132:6</a></b></br> Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.</p><p class="hdg">we enquired</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/14-18.htm">1 Samuel 14:18,36</a></b></br> And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/22-10.htm">1 Samuel 22:10,15</a></b></br> And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/23-2.htm">1 Samuel 23:2,9-12</a></b></br> Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/6-31.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-14.htm">Inquire</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-14.htm">Inquired</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-18.htm">Neglected</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-2.htm">Ourselves</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-31.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-23.htm">Round</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-29.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/10-14.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/2_kings/13-4.htm">Sought</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_chronicles/13-5.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-13.htm">Inquire</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/14-10.htm">Inquired</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-11.htm">Neglected</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/19-13.htm">Ourselves</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-1.htm">Reign</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/14-14.htm">Round</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-29.htm">Saul</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/14-8.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-13.htm">Sought</a><div class="vheading2">1 Chronicles 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/13-1.htm">David fetches the ark with great solemnity from Kirjath Jearim</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_chronicles/13-9.htm">Uzza being smitten, the ark is left at the house of Obed-Edom</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_chronicles/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_chronicles/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then let us bring back the ark of our God</b><br>The Ark of the Covenant was a sacred chest that held the tablets of the Ten Commandments, Aaron's rod, and a pot of manna. It symbolized God's presence and covenant with Israel. During the reign of Saul, the Ark was neglected and remained in Kiriath-jearim after being returned by the Philistines (<a href="/1_samuel/7.htm">1 Samuel 7:1-2</a>). David's desire to bring back the Ark signifies a renewed focus on worship and reverence for God. This act foreshadows the centrality of Christ in worship, as He is the ultimate fulfillment of God's presence among His people (<a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>).<p><b>for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.</b><br>Saul's reign was marked by a lack of spiritual leadership and failure to seek God's guidance, as seen in his disobedience and eventual rejection by God (<a href="/1_samuel/15-22.htm">1 Samuel 15:22-23</a>). The absence of the Ark during Saul's reign symbolizes the spiritual decline and neglect of God's law. David's initiative to bring back the Ark represents a turning point, emphasizing the importance of seeking God's will and guidance. This reflects the biblical principle that true leadership involves dependence on God, as seen in the lives of other biblical figures like Moses and Joshua. The phrase also highlights the necessity of repentance and returning to God, a theme echoed throughout Scripture (<a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The newly anointed king of Israel who desires to bring the Ark of the Covenant back to Jerusalem, signifying a return to seeking God's guidance and presence.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/ark_of_the_covenant.htm">Ark of the Covenant</a></b><br>A sacred chest that held the tablets of the Ten Commandments, representing God's covenant with Israel and His presence among His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/saul.htm">Saul</a></b><br>The first king of Israel, during whose reign the Ark was neglected, symbolizing a period of spiritual decline and disobedience.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation chosen by God, which under David's leadership, seeks to restore its relationship with God by bringing back the Ark.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/k/kiriath-jearim.htm">Kiriath-jearim</a></b><br>The place where the Ark had been kept for many years after being returned by the Philistines, highlighting a period of neglect in seeking God's presence.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_god's_presence.htm">The Importance of God's Presence</a></b><br>David's initiative to bring back the Ark highlights the necessity of prioritizing God's presence in our lives. Just as the Ark symbolized God's presence, we must seek to cultivate a personal relationship with God through prayer and worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/learning_from_past_mistakes.htm">Learning from Past Mistakes</a></b><br>The neglect of the Ark during Saul's reign serves as a reminder of the consequences of ignoring God. We should learn from past spiritual neglect and make conscious efforts to seek God’s guidance in all aspects of life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reverence_and_obedience.htm">Reverence and Obedience</a></b><br>The process of bringing the Ark back teaches us the importance of approaching God with reverence and obedience. We must align our actions with God’s instructions and maintain a heart of worship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_leadership.htm">Community and Leadership</a></b><br>David’s call to the people to bring back the Ark demonstrates the role of leadership in guiding others towards God. As leaders in our communities, we should encourage and facilitate a collective return to seeking God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/restoration_and_renewal.htm">Restoration and Renewal</a></b><br>Bringing the Ark back symbolizes a renewal of faith and commitment to God. We should regularly evaluate our spiritual lives and seek restoration and renewal in our relationship with God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_chronicles_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Chronicles 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_abijah_more_faithful_in_chronicles.htm">2 Chronicles 13 compared with 1 Kings 15:3 - Why does Abijah appear more faithful in Chronicles than in Kings, and what might explain this seeming discrepancy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_would_god_punish_ark_transport_errors.htm">In 1 Chronicles 15:13, David suggests God's anger struck them down for improper Ark transport--why would a just God enact such severe punishment over ritual details?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_god_kill_uzza_for_touching_the_ark.htm">(1 Chronicles 13:9) Why would God strike Uzza dead for touching the Ark if he was only trying to steady it?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_1_chr_10_13_blame_saul's_death.htm">Why does 1 Chronicles 10:13 emphasize Saul's death as punishment for consulting a medium, when 1 Samuel 31 attributes his defeat primarily to the Philistine assault?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_chronicles/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">Let us bring again.</span>--<span class= "ital">Bring we round:</span> transfer it from Kirjath-jearim to Jerusalem, as the throne was transferred (same verb) from Saul to David (<a href="/1_chronicles/10-14.htm" title="And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.">1Chronicles 10:14</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/12-23.htm" title="And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD.">1Chronicles 12:23</a>).<p><span class= "bld">The Ark of our God to us.</span>--The Ark was at Kirjath-jearim, a city of Judah, David's own tribe. But the ting wished to establish it as the centre of the national worship in his new capital and royal residence, Jerusalem.<p><span class= "bld">For we enquired not at it.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">we sought it not, that is</span>, neglected it, cared nothing about it. The Ark had been left in the house of Abinadab at Kirjath-jearim, for twenty years, after the Philistines sent it back (<a href="/1_samuel/7-2.htm" title="And it came to pass, while the ark stayed in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.">1Samuel 7:2</a>). There may be a reference to Saul's despairing neglect of consulting the Lord (<a href="/1_chronicles/10-13.htm" title="So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it;">1Chronicles 10:13</a>); and, perhaps, we should translate, "we sought <span class= "ital">Him</span> not," referring the suffix to God (comp. <a href="/1_chronicles/15-13.htm" title="For because you did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach on us, for that we sought him not after the due order.">1Chronicles 15:13</a>; <a href="/isaiah/9-12.htm" title="The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.">Isaiah 9:12</a>). There is no clear evidence that the Ark itself was ever used as an oracle (comp. <a href="/context/exodus/25-10.htm" title="And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.">Exodus 25:10-22</a>; <a href="/1_kings/8-9.htm" title="There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.">1Kings 8:9</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_chronicles/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Let us bring again the ark</span>. It had been removed from Shiloh (<a href="/joshua/18-1.htm">Joshua 18:1</a>) at the instance of "the elders of Israel" to their camp, when they were hard pressed and smitten by the Philistines (<a href="/1_samuel/4-1.htm">1 Samuel 4:1-4</a>); there it was taken by the Philistines (<a href="/1_samuel/4-11.htm">1 Samuel 4:11, 22</a>), and hurried from Ashdod to Ekron and on to Bethshemesh (<a href="/1_samuel/5-1.htm">1 Samuel 5:1, 5, 8, 10</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/6-9.htm">1 Samuel 6:9-13</a>). <span class="cmt_word">For we inquired not at it in the days of Saul</span>. The allusion may be considered delicately worded, but an inexpressible pathos and unmeasured condemnation must be imagined as clinging to this sentence, illustrated further by <a href="/1_samuel/7-2.htm">1 Samuel 7:2</a>; <a href="/1_samuel/28-6.htm">1 Samuel 28:6, 15, 16</a>; <a href="/1_chronicles/10-14.htm">1 Chronicles 10:14</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_chronicles/13-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then let us bring back</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָסֵ֛בָּה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·sêb·bāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5437.htm">Strong's 5437: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn about, go around, surround</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the ark</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲר֥וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·rō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_727.htm">Strong's 727: </a> </span><span class="str2">A chest, ark</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of our God,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">we did not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">inquire of Him</span><br /><span class="heb">דְרַשְׁנֻ֖הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḏə·raš·nu·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1875.htm">Strong's 1875: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the days</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּימֵ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(bî·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Saul.”</span><br /><span class="heb">שָׁאֽוּל׃</span> <span class="translit">(šā·’ūl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7586.htm">Strong's 7586: </a> </span><span class="str2">Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_chronicles/13-3.htm">1 Chronicles 13:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_chronicles/13-3.htm">1 Chronicles 13:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_chronicles/13-3.htm">1 Chronicles 13:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/13-3.htm">1 Chronicles 13:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_chronicles/13-3.htm">1 Chronicles 13:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_chronicles/13-3.htm">1 Chronicles 13:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_chronicles/13-3.htm">1 Chronicles 13:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_chronicles/13-3.htm">1 Chronicles 13:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_chronicles/13-3.htm">1 Chronicles 13:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_chronicles/13-3.htm">1 Chronicles 13:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_chronicles/13-3.htm">OT History: 1 Chronicles 13:3 And let us bring again the ark (1 Chron. 1Ch iCh i Ch 1 chr 1chr)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_chronicles/13-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 13:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 13:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_chronicles/13-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 13:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 13:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>