1 Chronicles 13:4

4 The whole assembly agreed to this because the people considered it the right thing to do.

1 Chronicles 13:4 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 13:4

And all the congregation said that they would do so
They unanimously agreed to the motion: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people;
they saw the propriety, necessity, and usefulness of it.

1 Chronicles 13:4 In-Context

2 Then he told the whole assembly of Israel, "If you approve and if the LORD our God has consented, we will send [an invitation] to the rest of our relatives in every region of Israel and to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands so that they may join us.

3 Then we'll bring back our God's ark, which we ignored while Saul was king."

4 The whole assembly agreed to this because the people considered it the right thing to do.

5 So David gathered all Israel from the Shihor River near Egypt to the border of Hamath in order to bring God's ark from Kiriath Jearim.

6 David and all Israel went to Baalah in Kiriath Jearim, which is in Judah, to bring God's ark [to Jerusalem]. (The LORD is enthroned over the angels [on the ark] where his name is used.)