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2 Chronicles 5:4

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 David, which is Zion.

3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.

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

5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up.

6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

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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 Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

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  • 1 Kings 8:3

    And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

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  • Numbers 4:15

    And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

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  • Joshua 6:6

    And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD.

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  • 1 Chronicles 15:12–14

    And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

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  • 1 Chronicles 15:2

    Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

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  • 2 Chronicles 5:7

    And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:

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