1 Chronicles 13:4

4 And all the congregation said that they would 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 congregation of Israel, If [it seemeth] good to you, and [that it is] of the LORD our God, let us send abroad to our brethren every where, [that are] left in all the land of Israel, and with them [also] to the priests and Levites [who are] in their cities [and] suburbs, that they may assemble to us:

3 And let us bring again to us the ark of our God: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul.

4 And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.

5 So David assembled all Israel, from Shihor of Egypt even to the entrance of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim.

6 And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, [that is], to Kirjath-jearim, which [belonged] to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth [between] the cherubim, whose name is called [on it].