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The Ark Enters the Temple

2 Chronicles 5:4

In 11 translations

BSB
When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,
KJV
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
WEB
All the elders of Israel came. The Levites took up the ark.
ASV
And all the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took up the ark;
LSV
and all [the] elderly of Israel come in, and the Levites lift up the Ark,
YLT
and all the elders of Israel come in, and the Levites lift up the ark,
DBY
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
DRC
And when all the ancients of Israel were come, the Levites took up the ark,
GNV
And all the Elders of Israel came, and the Leuites tooke vp the Arke.
JPS
And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.
LXXE
And all the elders of Israel came; and all the Levites took up the ark,

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיָּבֹ֕אוּ כֹּ֖ל זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ הַלְוִיִּ֖ם אֶת־הָאָרֽוֹן׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἦλθον πάντες οἱ πρεσβύτεροι Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ἔλαβον πάντες οἱ Λευῖται τὴν κιβωτὸν,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Joshua 3:6And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.
  • 1 Kings 8:3When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,
  • 2 Chronicles 5:7Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
  • Numbers 4:15When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or…
  • 1 Chronicles 15:12–14And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it. It…
  • 1 Chronicles 15:2Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”
  • Joshua 6:6So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”

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