Chronicles I 13:3

3 And let us bring over to us the ark of our God; for men have not enquired it since the days of Saul.

Chronicles I 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.

Chronicles I 13:3 In-Context

1 And David took counsel with the captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, every commander.

2 And David said to the whole congregation of Israel, If it good to you, and it should be prospered by the Lord our God, let us send to our brethren that are left in all the land of Israel, and let the priests the Levites who are with them in the cities of their possession , and let them be gathered to us.

3 And let us bring over to us the ark of our God; for men have not enquired it since the days of Saul.

4 And all the congregation said that they would do thus; for the saying was right in the eyes of all the people.

5 So David assembled all Israel, from the borders of Egypt even to the entering in of Hemath, to bring in the ark of God from the city of Jarim.