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 spoke to him, saying, "If you will be a servant to this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever."
2 Kings 9:15
but king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) Jehu said, "If this is your thinking, then let no one escape and go out of the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel."
Proverbs 15:22
Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.
Philemon 1:8
Therefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to command you that which is appropriate,
And that it be
Exodus 18:23
If you will do this thing, and God commands you so, then you will be able to endure, and all of these people also will go to their place in peace."
2 Samuel 7:2
that the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains."
Left
1 Chronicles 10:7
When all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
1 Samuel 31:1
Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.
Isaiah 37:4
It may be Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.'"
The priests
1 Chronicles 15:2
Then David said, "No one ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites. For Yahweh has chosen them to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever."
Numbers 4:4
"This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, the most holy things.
2 Chronicles 31:4
Moreover he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might give themselves to the law of Yahweh.
Their cities and suburbs
1 Chronicles 6:54
Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the [first] lot),
Numbers 35:2
"Command the children of Israel that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and you shall give suburbs for the cities around them to the Levites.
General references
2 Samuel 6:1
David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.