1 Chronicles 13:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

David gathered everyone from the River Shihor in Egypt to Lebo-Hamath in the north.

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:1

David brought together thirty thousand of Israel's best soldiers and

1 Kings 4:21

Solomon ruled every kingdom between the River Euphrates and the land of the Philistines down to Egypt. These kingdoms paid him taxes as long as he lived.

1 Kings 8:65

Solomon and the huge crowd celebrated the Festival of Shelters at the temple for seven days. There were people from as far away as the Egyptian Gorge in the south and Lebo-Hamath in the north.

2 Kings 25:21

near Hamath, where Nebuchadnezzar had them killed. The people of Judah no longer lived in their own country.

1 Chronicles 13:4

The people agreed this was the right thing to do.

1 Chronicles 13:6

Then he led them to Baalah in Judah, which was also called Kiriath-Jearim. They went there to get the sacred chest and bring it to Jerusalem, because it belonged to the LORD God, whose throne is above the winged creatures on the lid of the chest.

1 Chronicles 15:3

Next, David invited everyone to come to Jerusalem and watch the sacred chest being carried to the place he had set up for it.

Isaiah 23:3

Your merchants sailed the seas, making you wealthy by trading with nation after nation. They brought back grain that grew along the Nile.

Jeremiah 2:18

and you trusted the power of Egypt and Assyria.

1 Samuel 6:21

They sent messengers to tell the people of Kiriath-Jearim, “The Philistines have sent back the sacred chest. Why don't you take it and keep it there with you?”

1 Samuel 7:1

The people of Kiriath-Jearim got the chest and took it to Abinadab's house, which was on a hill in their town. They chose his son Eleazar to take care of it,

1 Samuel 7:2

and it stayed there for twenty years. During this time everyone in Israel was very sad and begged the LORD for help.