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2 Chronicles 5:4

2 At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

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

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

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

6 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.

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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;
DARBY
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
BLB
And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.
ÅB
Da nå alle Israels eldste var kommet, løftet levittene arken opp.
OTB
Da kom alle Israels eldste, og levittene løftet arken.
B1930
Da nu alle Israels eldste var kommet, løftet levittene arken op.

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  • Joshua 3:6

    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.

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  • 1 Kings 8:3

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

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  • Numbers 4:15

    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 they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.

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  • Joshua 6:6

    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.”

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  • 1 Chronicles 15:12–14

    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.

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  • 1 Chronicles 15:2

    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.”

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  • 2 Chronicles 5:7

    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.

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