King James Version
1 Chronicles 13:4 in the King James Version says “And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.” — study this verse from 1 Chronicles chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us: send: Heb. break forth and send in their: Heb. in the cities of their suburbs
And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul. bring: Heb. bring about
And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim.
And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“that they would do so”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“was right”
H3474to be straight or even; figuratively, to be (causatively, to make) right, pleasant, prosperous
“for the thing”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
“in the eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“of all the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
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