The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 15:13 Explained

1 Chronicles 15:13

KJV: For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

YLT: because at the first it was not ye, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, because we sought Him not according to the ordinance.'

Darby: For because ye did it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

ASV: For because ye bare it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

For because ye [did it] not at the first,  the LORD  our God  made a breach  upon us, for that we sought  him not after the due order. 

What does 1 Chronicles 15:13 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 15

1  David having prepared a place for the ark,
15  the priests and Levites bring it from Obed-Edom
25  He performs the solemnity thereof with great joy
29  Michal despises him

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 15:13 mean?

For because the first [time] not you [did do it] broke out Yahweh our God against us because we did consult Him about the proper order
כִּ֛י לְמַבָּרִ֥אשׁוֹנָ֖ה לֹ֣א אַתֶּ֑ם פָּרַ֨ץ יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ בָּ֔נוּ כִּי־ דְרַשְׁנֻ֖הוּ כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט

לְמַבָּרִ֥אשׁוֹנָ֖ה  because  the  first  [time] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Adjective, feminine singular
Root: רִאשֹׁון  
Sense: first, primary, former.
אַתֶּ֑ם  you  [did  do  it] 
Parse: Pronoun, second person masculine plural
Root: אַתְּ 
Sense: you (second pers.
פָּרַ֨ץ  broke  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּרַץ  
Sense: to break through or down or over, burst, breach.
יְהוָ֤ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙  our  God 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
בָּ֔נוּ  against  us 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
כִּי־  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
דְרַשְׁנֻ֖הוּ  we  did  consult  Him 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common plural, third person masculine singular
Root: דַּרְיׄושׁ 
Sense: to resort to, seek, seek with care, enquire, require.
כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט  about  the  proper  order 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁפָּט  
Sense: judgment, justice, ordinance.