1 Chronicles 13:4

4 All the assembly agreed to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

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 And David said to all the assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you, and if it is the will of the LORD our God, let us send abroad to our brethren who remain in all the land of Israel, and with them to the priests and Levites in the cities that have pasture lands, that they may come together to us.

3 Then let us bring again the ark of our God to us; for we neglected it in the days of Saul."

4 All the assembly agreed to do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

5 So David assembled all Israel from the Shihor of Egypt to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kir'iath-je'arim.

6 And David and all Israel went up to Ba'alah, that is, to Kir'iath-je'arim which belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the LORD who sits enthroned above the cherubim.