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King James Version (1611 Edition)

1 Kings 8:3

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Government;   Worship;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dedication;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ark of the Covenant;   Dedication;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dedication;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Psalms, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Gibeon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Calendars;   Elder;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Israel;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Ark of God;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jerusalem;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Elder in the Old Testament;   Ezekiel;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Priest;   Tabernacles, Feast of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
All the elders of Israel came, and the priests picked up the ark.
Hebrew Names Version
All the Zakenim of Yisra'el came, and the Kohanim took up the ark.
King James Version
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
English Standard Version
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
New Century Version
When all the elders of Israel arrived, the priests lifted up the Ark.
New English Translation
When all Israel's elders had arrived, the priests lifted the ark.
Amplified Bible
All the elders of Israel came, and the priests carried the ark.
New American Standard Bible
Then all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And all the Elders of Israel came and the Priests tooke the Arke.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then all the elders of Israel came, and the priests carried the ark.
Contemporary English Version
Then the priests and the Levites carried to the temple the sacred chest, the sacred tent, and the objects used for worship.
Complete Jewish Bible
All the leaders of Isra'el came. The cohanim took the ark
Darby Translation
And all the elders of Israel came; and the priests took up the ark.
Easy-to-Read Version
When all the elders of Israel arrived, the priests and Levites carried the Holy Box of the Lord up to the Temple. They also carried the Meeting Tent and all the holy things that were in it up to the Temple.
George Lamsa Translation
And all the tribes of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD.
Good News Translation
When all the leaders had gathered, the priests lifted the Covenant Box
Lexham English Bible
All the elders of Israel came, and the priests carried the ark.
Literal Translation
And all the elders of Israel came in, and the priests lifted up the ark,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And whan all ye Elders of Israel came, the prestes toke the Arke of the LORDE,
American Standard Version
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
Bible in Basic English
And all the responsible men of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And al the elders of Israel were come, and the priestes tooke vp the arke.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the priests took up the ark,
English Revised Version
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
Berean Standard Bible
When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And alle the elde men of Israel camen; and the preestis token the arke,
Young's Literal Translation
And all the elders of Israel come in, and the priests lift up the ark,
Update Bible Version
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
Webster's Bible Translation
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
World English Bible
All the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
New King James Version
So all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
New Living Translation
When all the elders of Israel arrived, the priests picked up the Ark.
New Life Bible
All the leaders of Israel came, and the religious leaders took up the Lord's special box of the agreement.
New Revised Standard
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests carried the ark.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And all the elders of Israel came in, - and the priests took up the ark;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the ancients of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark,
Revised Standard Version
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
THE MESSAGE
With all Israel's leaders present, the priests took up the Chest of God and carried up the Chest and the Tent of Meeting and all the holy vessels that went with the Tent. King Solomon and the entire congregation of Israel were there at the Chest worshiping and sacrificing huge numbers of sheep and cattle—so many that no one could keep track.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

Contextual Overview

1 Then Solomon assembled the Elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chiefe of the fathers of the children of Israel, vnto king Solomon in Ierusalem, that they might bring vp the Arke of the Couenant of the Lord, out of the citie of Dauid, which is Zion. 2 And all the men of Israel assembled themselues vnto king Solomon, at the feast, in the moneth Ethanim, which is the seuenth moneth. 3 And all the Elders of Israel came, and the Priests tooke vp the Arke. 4 And they brought vp the Arke of the Lord, and the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tabernacle, euen those did the Priests & the Leuites bring vp. 5 And king Solomon, and all the Congregation of Israel, that were assembled vnto him, were with him before the Arke, sacrificing sheepe, and oxen, that could not bee told nor numbred for multitude. 6 And the Priests brought in the Arke of the Couenant of the Lord vnto his place, into the Oracle of the house to the most holy place, euen vnder the wings of the Cherubims. 7 For the Cherubims spread forth their two wings ouer the place of the Arke, and the Cherubims couered the Arke, and the staues thereof aboue. 8 And they drew out the staues, that the ends of the staues were seene out in the Holy place before the Oracle, and they were not seene without: and there they are vnto this day. 9 There was nothing in the Arke, saue the two Tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the Lord made a Couenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. 10 And it came to passe when the Priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the Lord;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the priests took up: Numbers 4:15, Deuteronomy 31:9, Joshua 3:6, Joshua 3:14, Joshua 3:15, Joshua 4:9, Joshua 6:6, 1 Chronicles 15:2, 1 Chronicles 15:11-15, 2 Chronicles 5:5-8

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 10:8 - bear 2 Chronicles 5:4 - the Levites

Cross-References

Genesis 7:11
In the sixe hundredth yeere of Noahs life, in the second moneth, the seuenteenth day of the moneth, the same day, were al the fountaines of the great deepe broken vp, and the windowes of heauen were opened.
Genesis 7:24
And the waters preuailed vpon the earth, an hundred and fifty dayes.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And all the elders of Israel came,.... To Zion, the city of David:

and the priests took up the ark; from thence; in 2 Chronicles 5:4 it is said the Levites did it, whose business it was, Deuteronomy 31:25, and so the priests might be called; for every priest was a Levite, though every Levite was not a priest, and the priests did at all times bear the ark; see Joshua 3:15.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In 2 Chronicles 5:4, ““the Levites” took up the ark;” and by the Law the ark was the special charge of the Kohathites Numbers 3:31; Numbers 4:15. But all priests were Levites Joshua 3:3, though all Levites were not priests. And as Joshua had done Joshua 3:6; Joshua 6:6, so Solomon called upon the priests to bear the holy structure, allowing to mere Levites only the inferior honor of helping to transport the tabernacle and the vessels of the sanctuary.


 
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