2 Chronicles 5:4

When they had all arrived, the descendants of Levi lifted up the Sacred Chest,

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3So all the leaders of Israel gathered together along with the king, during the Festival of Living in Temporary Shelters, in October.

5and they carried it and the Sacred Tent and the sacred things that were inside it. The priests, who were also descended from Levi, carried them.

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Cross References

Joshua 3:6Then Joshua said to the priests, “Carry the chest and go in front of the rest of the people.” So they lifted up the chest and went ahead.

1 Kings 8:3When they had all arrived, the priests lifted up the Sacred Chest

1 Chronicles 15:12David said to them, “You are the leaders of the clans descended from Levi. You and the other descendants of Levi must purify yourselves, in order to be able to do this special work for Yahweh. You must bring the Sacred Chest of Yahweh, the God of us Israelis, up to the place that I have made for it here in Jerusalem.

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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