A moment in scripture
1 Chronicles 13:5
So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath–jearim.
The surrounding passage
- 1 Chronicles 13:3
And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we enquired not at it in the days of Saul.
- 1 Chronicles 13:4
And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
- 1 Chronicles 13:6
And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath–jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lord, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.
- 1 Chronicles 13:7
And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.