1 Cronache 13:1

1 Davide tenne consiglio coi capi di migliaia e di centinaia, cioè con tutti i principi del popolo,

1 Cronache 13:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 13:1

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 ^F8 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Works, vol. 1. p. 61, 62.

1 Cronache 13:1 In-Context

1 Davide tenne consiglio coi capi di migliaia e di centinaia, cioè con tutti i principi del popolo,

2 poi disse a tutta la raunanza d’Israele: "Se vi par bene, e se l’Eterno, il nostro Dio, l’approva, mandiamo da per tutto a dire ai nostri fratelli che son rimasti in tutte le regioni d’Israele, e così pure ai sacerdoti ed ai Leviti nelle loro città e nei loro contadi, che si uniscano a noi;

3 e riconduciamo qui da noi l’arca del nostro Dio; poiché non ce ne siamo occupati ai tempi di Saul".

4 E tutta la raunanza rispose che si facesse così giacché la cosa parve buona agli occhi di tutto il popolo.

5 Davide dunque radunò tutto Israele dallo Scihor d’Egitto fino all’ingresso di Hamath, per ricondurre l’arca di Dio da Kiriath-Jearim.