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:
If it seem
And that it be
The priests
Their cities and suburbs
General references
Bible References
If it seem
1 Kings 12:7
They said to him: If you will be a servant to this people today, caring for them and giving them a favorable answer, then they will be your servants for ever.
2 Kings 9:15
King Joram went back to Jezreel to recuperate from the wounds he received from the Aramaeans when he fought against Hazael, king of Aram. Jehu said: If this is your purpose let no one get away to give news of it in Jezreel.
Proverbs 15:22
Without counsel plans fail. But in the multitude of counselors they are established.
Philemon 1:8
I have all boldness in Christ to tell you what is appropriate.
And that it be
Exodus 18:23
If you do this, as God commands, you will not wear yourself out. All these people can go home with their disputes settled.
2 Samuel 7:2
The king said to the prophet Nathan: I live in a house built of cedar. Yet the Ark of God is kept in a tent!
Left
1 Chronicles 10:7
When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them.
1 Samuel 31:1
When the Philistines fought Israel, the men of Israel fled from the Philistines and were killed in battle on Mount Gilboa.
Isaiah 37:4
Perhaps Jehovah your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh. His master the king of Assyria has sent him to reproach the living God! He will rebuke the words Jehovah your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant that survives.'
The priests
1 Chronicles 15:2
David insisted that only the Levites carry God's Ark because Jehovah had chosen them to carry his Ark and to serve him from generation to generation.
Numbers 4:4
This is the work the Kohathites will do in the tent of meeting: They will take care of the most holy things.
2 Chronicles 31:4
He told the people living in Jerusalem to give the priests and Levites the portions they were due so that they could devote themselves to Jehovah's Law.
Their cities and suburbs
1 Chronicles 6:54
These were the locations of their settlements allotted as their territory (they were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clan, because the first lot was for them):
Numbers 35:2
Tell the Israelites to give the Levites some cities from their own property. They must also give the Levites the pastureland around those cities.
General references
2 Samuel 6:1
Once again David called together the best soldiers in Israel, a total of thirty thousand men.