1. David consulted with every officer who commanded a regiment or battalion.
2. Then he told the whole assembly of Israel, “If you approve and if the Lord our God has consented, we will send ⌊an invitation⌋ to the rest of our relatives in every region of Israel and to the priests and Levites in their cities and pasturelands so that they may join us.
3. Then we’ll bring back our God’s ark, which we ignored while Saul was king.”
4. The whole assembly agreed to this because the people considered it the right thing to do.
5. So David gathered all Israel from the Shihor River near Egypt to the border of Hamath in order to bring God’s ark from Kiriath Jearim.
6. David and all Israel went to Baalah in Kiriath Jearim, which is in Judah, to bring God’s ark ⌊to Jerusalem⌋. (The Lord is enthroned over the angels ⌊on the ark⌋ where his name is used.)