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We should bring back the Covenant Box of our God. While Saul was king, we did not use it to ask God about things.’

All the people there agreed that this was a good idea. They realized that it was the right thing to do.

So David brought together all the Israelites. They came from everywhere in Israel, from the Shihor River in Egypt, and as far as Lebo-Hamath. They came to bring God's Covenant Box back from Kiriath-Jearim.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 13:5 Shihor river was on the border of Egypt in the south of Israel. Lebo-Hamath was in the north of Israel. Kiriath-Jearim was about 8 miles west of Jerusalem. It was on the border between the tribes of Benjamin and Judah.