1 Chronicles 13:3
Good News Translation
Then we will go and get God's Covenant Box, which was ignored while Saul was king."

New Revised Standard Version
Then let us bring again the ark of our God to us; for we did not turn to it in the days of Saul.”

New American Bible
and let us bring the ark of our God here among us, for in the days of Saul we did not consult it.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we sought it not in the days of Saul.

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And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we sought it not in the days of Saul.

bring again [heb] bring about

1 Samuel 7:1,2 And the men of Cariathiarim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and carried it into the house of Abinadab, in Gabaa: and they sanctified Eleazar, his son, to keep the ark of the Lord. . . .

Psalm 132:6 Behold we have heard of it in Ephrata: we have found it in the fields of the wood.

we enquired

1 Samuel 14:18,36 And Saul said to Achias: Bring the ark of the Lord. (For the ark of God was there that day with the children of Israel.) . . .

1 Samuel 22:10,15 And he consulted the Lord for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath, the Philistine. . . .

1 Samuel 23:2,9-12 Therefore David consulted the Lord, saying: Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the Lord said to David: Go, and thou shalt smite the Philistines, and shalt save Ceila. . . .

Context
David Fetches the Ark
2And he said to all the assembly of Israel: If it please you; and if the words which I speak come from the Lord our God, let us send to the rest of our brethren into all the countries of Israel, and to the priests, and the Levites, that dwell in the suburbs of the cities, to gather themselves to us, 3And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we sought it not in the days of Saul.4And all the multitude answered that it should be so: for the word pleased all the people.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 7:1
And the men of Cariathiarim came, and fetched up the ark of the Lord, and carried it into the house of Abinadab, in Gabaa: and they sanctified Eleazar, his son, to keep the ark of the Lord.

1 Samuel 7:2
And it came to pass, that from the day the ark of the Lord abode in Cariathiarim, days were multiplied (for it was now the twentieth year) and all the house of Israel rested, following the Lord.

1 Chronicles 13:2
And he said to all the assembly of Israel: If it please you; and if the words which I speak come from the Lord our God, let us send to the rest of our brethren into all the countries of Israel, and to the priests, and the Levites, that dwell in the suburbs of the cities, to gather themselves to us,

1 Chronicles 13:4
And all the multitude answered that it should be so: for the word pleased all the people.

1 Chronicles 13:2
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