2 Samuel 6:17 “So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the…”

2 Samuel 6:17

So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

World English Bible

They brought in the LORD’s ark, and set it in its place in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

American Standard Version

And they brought in the ark of Jehovah, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.

Geneva Bible 1599

And when they had brought in the Arke of the Lord, they set it in his place, in the mids of the tabernacle that Dauid had pitched for it: then Dauid offred burnt offrings, and peace offrings before the Lord.

Darby Translation

And they brought in the ark of Jehovah, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had spread for it. And David offered up burnt-offerings and peace-offerings before Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

And they bring in the ark of Jehovah, and set it up in its place, in the midst of the tent which David hath spread out for it, and David causeth to ascend burnt-offerings before Jehovah, and peace-offerings.

Bible in Basic English

And they took in the ark of the Lord, and put it in its place inside the tent which David had put up for it: and David made burned offerings and peace-offerings to the Lord.

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Cross references

“they brought”

1 Chronicles 15:1 2 Chronicles 1:4 Psalm 132:8 1 Chronicles 16:1

1 Chronicles 15:1 · BSB

David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

2 Chronicles 1:4 · BSB

Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

Psalm 132:8 · BSB

Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.

1 Chronicles 16:1 · BSB

So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

“offered”

1 Kings 8:5 1 Kings 8:62–65 2 Chronicles 5:6 2 Chronicles 7:5–7 Ezra 6:16 Ezra 6:17

1 Kings 8:5 · BSB

There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

1 Kings 8:62–65 · BSB

Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.

2 Chronicles 5:6 · BSB

There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

2 Chronicles 7:5–7 · BSB

And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.

Ezra 6:16 · BSB

Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.

Ezra 6:17 · BSB

For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.

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

In context

16As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.

18When David had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of Hosts.

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