And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
Parallel translations
- WEB All the assembly said that they would do so; for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
- BSB And because this proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to it.
- NKJV Then all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people.
- NASB Then all the assembly said that they would do so, for this was right in the eyes of all the people.
- NLT The whole assembly agreed to this, for the people could see it was the right thing to do.
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Quick answer
The whole assembly agreed, because the plan seemed right to all the people. Israel unanimously embraced restoring the ark.
Overview
The people's wholehearted consent confirms that the desire to seek God was shared nationwide. The Chronicler notes the thing 'was right in the eyes of all the people,' stressing unity of purpose. Yet, as events unfold, good intentions will prove insufficient apart from obedience to God's prescribed means, a sobering lesson on worship done God's way.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- 2 Chr 30:4And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation.
- Esth 8:5And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king’s provinces:
- 1 Sam 18:20And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
- 2 Sam 3:36And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people.
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