Divrey Hayamim Alef 13:3

3 And let us bring back the Aron Eloheinu to us, for we inquired not of him in the yamim of Sha’ul.

Divrey Hayamim Alef 13:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 13:3

And let us bring again the ark of our God to us
The symbol of the divine Presence, than which nothing was more desirable to David, and he chose to begin his reign overall Israel with it: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul;
he being indifferent to religion, and careless about it, and the enjoyment of the presence of God, and having direction from him; and the people also content with worship at the tabernacle at Gibeah, though the token of the divine Presence was absent.

Divrey Hayamim Alef 13:3 In-Context

1 3 And Dovid consulted with the sarei ha’alafim and me’ot, and with every nagid.

2 And Dovid said unto kol Kehal Yisroel, If it seem tov unto you, and that it be of Hashem Eloheinu, let us send out everywhere unto acheinu (our brethren), that remain in kol Aratzot Yisroel, and with them also to the Kohanim and Levi’im which are in their towns and migroshot (adjacent open lands), that they may gather themselves unto us;

3 And let us bring back the Aron Eloheinu to us, for we inquired not of him in the yamim of Sha’ul.

4 And kol HaKahal said that they would do so, for the thing was yashar in the eyes of kol HaAm.

5 So Dovid assembled kol Yisroel together, from Shichor in Mitzrayim even unto the entrance of Chamat, to bring the Aron HaElohim from Kiryat Ye’arim.