1 Chronicles 13:5
Good News Translation
So David assembled the people of Israel from all over the country, from the Egyptian border in the south to Hamath Pass in the north, in order to bring the Covenant Box from Kiriath Jearim to Jerusalem.

New Revised Standard Version
So David assembled all Israel from the Shihor of Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

Contemporary English Version
David gathered everyone from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo-Hamath in the north.

New American Bible
Then David assembled all Israel, from Shihor of Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So David assembled all Israel from Sihor of Egypt, even to the entering into Emath, to bring the ark of God from Cariathiarim.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

So David assembled all Israel from Sihor of Egypt, even to the entering into Emath, to bring the ark of God from Cariathiarim.

David

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.

2 Samuel 6:1 And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

Shihor

Numbers 34:5-8 And the limits shall fetch a compass from Asemona to the torrent of Egypt, and shall end in the shore of the great sea. . . .

Joshua 13:3-6 From the troubled river, that watereth Egypt, unto the border of Accaron northward: the land of Chanaan, which is divided among the lords of the Philistines, the Gazites, the Azotians, the Ascalonites, the Gethites, and the Accronites. . . .

Sihor

1 Kings 4:21 And Solomon had under him all the kingdoms, from the river to the land of the Philistines, even to the border of Egypt: and they brought him presents, and served him all the days of his life.

Jeremiah 2:18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the troubled water? And what hast thou to do with the way of the Assyrians, to drink the water of the river?

Sihor

Numbers 34:8 From which they shall come to Emath, as far as the borders of Sedada:

Joshua 13:5 And his confines. The country also of Libanus towards the east from Baalgad under mount Hermon to the entering into Emath.

1 Kings 8:65 And Solomon made at the same time a solemn feast, and all Israel with him, a great multitude, from the entrance of Emath to the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, that is, fourteen days.

2 Kings 25:21 And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Reblatha, in the land of Emath: so Juda was carried away out of their land.

Hamath

1 Chronicles 13:6 And David went up with all the men of Israel to the hill of Cariathiarim which is in Juda, to bring thence the ark of the Lord God sitting upon the cherubims, where his name is called upon.

1 Samuel 6:21 And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Cariathiarim, saying: The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord, come ye down and fetch it up to you.

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.

Context
David Fetches the Ark
4And all the multitude answered that it should be so: for the word pleased all the people. 5So David assembled all Israel from Sihor of Egypt, even to the entering into Emath, to bring the ark of God from Cariathiarim.6And David went up with all the men of Israel to the hill of Cariathiarim which is in Juda, to bring thence the ark of the Lord God sitting upon the cherubims, where his name is called upon.…
Cross References
Joshua 9:17
And the children of Israel removed the camp, and came into their cities on the third day, the names of which are, Gabaon, and Caphira, and Beroth, and Cariathiarim.

1 Samuel 6:21
And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Cariathiarim, saying: The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord, come ye down and fetch it up to you.

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.

2 Samuel 6:1
And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.

1 Kings 8:65
And Solomon made at the same time a solemn feast, and all Israel with him, a great multitude, from the entrance of Emath to the river of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seven days and seven days, that is, fourteen days.

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

1 Chronicles 15:3
And he gathered all Israel together into Jerusalem, that the ark of God might be brought into its place, which he had prepared for it.

Isaiah 23:3
The seed of the Nile in many waters, the harvest of the river is her revenue: and she is become the mart of the nations.

1 Chronicles 13:4
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