2 Chronicles 5:4

And when all the ancients of Israel were come, the Levites took up the ark,

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.

In Context

3And all the men of Israel came to the king in the solemn day of the seventh month.

5And brought it in, together with all the furniture of the tabernacle. And the priests with the Levites carried the vessels of the sanctuary, which were in the tabernacle.

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Cross References

Joshua 3:6And he said to the priests: Take up the ark of the covenant, and go before the people. And they obeyed his commands, and took it up and walked before them.

1 Kings 8:3And all the ancients of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark,

1 Chronicles 15:12And he said to them: You that are the heads of the Levitical families, be sanctified with your brethren, and brine the ark of the Lord the God of Israel to the place, which is prepared for it:

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 5:2-11

The Ark Placed in the Temple. ( b. c. 1004.) 1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the Lord was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. 2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of… Read the whole commentary →

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