Translations
Modern
And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.
Traditional
And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
Literal
And all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
Latin
Et respondit universa multitudo ut ita fieret: placuerat enim sermo omni populo.
Original
Hebrew
English
And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.
Notes
These chapters describe how Jerusalem became the political and religious center of Israel. The story begins with David's failed attempt to move the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 13:1–14; compare 2 Samuel 6:2–11).
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