2. Then he said to the whole assembly of Israel, “If it seems good to you, and if this is from the Lord our God, let us spread out and send the message to the rest of our relatives in all the districts of Israel, including the priests and Levites in their cities with pasturelands, that they should gather together with us.
3. Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in Saul’s days.”
4. Since the proposal seemed right to all the people, the whole assembly agreed to do it.
5. So David assembled all Israel, from the Shihor of Egypt to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.