1 Chronicles 13:2

Then he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is from the Lord our God, let us spread out and send the message to the rest of our relatives in all the districts of Israel, including the priests and Levites in their cities with pasturelands, that they should gather together with us.

1 Samuel 31:1

The Philistines fought against Israel, and Israel’s men fled from them. Many were killed on Mount Gilboa.

Exodus 18:23

If you do this, and God so directs you, you will be able to endure, and also all these people will be able to go home satisfied.”

Numbers 4:4-20

“The service of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting concerns the most holy objects.

Numbers 35:2-9

“Command the Israelites to give cities out of their hereditary property for the Levites to live in and pastureland around the cities.

2 Samuel 7:2-5

the king said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a cedar house while the ark of God sits inside tent curtains.”

1 Kings 12:7

They replied, “Today if you will be a servant to these people and serve them, and if you respond to them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

2 Kings 9:15

But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought against Aram’s King Hazael. Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then don’t let anyone escape from the city to go tell about it in Jezreel.”

1 Chronicles 6:54-81

These were the places assigned to Aaron’s sons from the Kohathite family for their settlements in their territory, because the first lot was for them.

1 Chronicles 10:7

When all the men of Israel in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. So the Philistines came and settled in them.

1 Chronicles 15:2-14

Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the Lord has chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister before Him forever.”

2 Chronicles 31:4-21

He told the people who lived in Jerusalem to give a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote their energy to the law of the Lord.

Proverbs 15:22

Plans fail when there is no counsel,
but with many advisers they succeed.

Isaiah 37:4

Perhaps Yahweh your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke him for the words that Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore offer a prayer for the surviving remnant.’”

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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:

And that it be

Their cities and suburbs

General references

Bible References

If it seem

1 Kings 12:7
They replied, “Today if you will be a servant to these people and serve them, and if you respond to them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
2 Kings 9:15
But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds that the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought against Aram’s King Hazael. Jehu said, “If you commanders wish to make me king, then don’t let anyone escape from the city to go tell about it in Jezreel.”
Proverbs 15:22
Plans fail when there is no counsel,
but with many advisers they succeed.
Philemon 1:8
For this reason, although I have great boldness in Christ to command you to do what is right,

And that it be

Exodus 18:23
If you do this, and God so directs you, you will be able to endure, and also all these people will be able to go home satisfied.”
2 Samuel 7:2
the king said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a cedar house while the ark of God sits inside tent curtains.”

Left

1 Chronicles 10:7
When all the men of Israel in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. So the Philistines came and settled in them.
1 Samuel 31:1
The Philistines fought against Israel, and Israel’s men fled from them. Many were killed on Mount Gilboa.
Isaiah 37:4
Perhaps Yahweh your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke him for the words that Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore offer a prayer for the surviving remnant.’”

The priests

1 Chronicles 15:2
Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the Lord has chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister before Him forever.”
Numbers 4:4
“The service of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting concerns the most holy objects.
2 Chronicles 31:4
He told the people who lived in Jerusalem to give a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote their energy to the law of the Lord.

Their cities and suburbs

1 Chronicles 6:54
These were the places assigned to Aaron’s sons from the Kohathite family for their settlements in their territory, because the first lot was for them.
Numbers 35:2
“Command the Israelites to give cities out of their hereditary property for the Levites to live in and pastureland around the cities.

General references

2 Samuel 6:1
David again assembled all the choice men in Israel, 30,000.

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