^{1 Ref} And David consulteth with the heads of the thousands, and of the hundreds, every leader,

^{2 Ref} and David saith to all the assembly of Israel, `If unto you it be good, and from Jehovah our God it hath broken forth -- we send unto our brethren, those left in all the lands of Israel, and with them the priests and the Levites, in the cities of their suburbs, and they are gathered unto us,