2 Chronicles 5:4 “When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark…”

2 Chronicles 5:4

When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

All the elders of Israel came. The Levites took up the ark.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And all the Elders of Israel came, and the Leuites tooke vp the Arke.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

and all the elders of Israel come in, and the Levites lift up the ark,

Bible in Basic English

All the responsible men of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.

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Cross references

“the Levites”

Joshua 3:6 1 Kings 8:3 Numbers 4:15 Joshua 6:6 1 Chronicles 15:2 1 Chronicles 15:12–14

Joshua 3:6 · BSB

And 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 8:3 · BSB

When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,

Numbers 4:15 · BSB

When 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 t…

Joshua 6:6 · BSB

So 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.”

1 Chronicles 15:2 · BSB

Then 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.”

1 Chronicles 15:12–14 · BSB

And 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.

Also

2 Chronicles 5:7

2 Chronicles 5:7 · BSB

Then 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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3So all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.

5and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The Levitical priests carried them up.

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