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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

2 Chronicles 5:4

And all the elders of Israel came in, - and the Levites bare the ark;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Ark;   Government;   Temple;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ark of the Covenant;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle, the;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Elder in the Old Testament;   Temple;   Worship;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
All the elders of Israel came, and the Levites picked up the ark.
Hebrew Names Version
All the Zakenim of Yisra'el came: and the Levites took up the ark;
King James Version
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
English Standard Version
And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.
New Century Version
When all the elders of Israel arrived, the Levites lifted up the Ark.
New English Translation
When all Israel's elders had arrived, the Levites lifted the ark.
Amplified Bible
And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.
New American Standard Bible
Then all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites picked up the ark.
World English Bible
All the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took up the ark;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And all the Elders of Israel came, and the Leuites tooke vp the Arke.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites carried the ark.
Berean Standard Bible
When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,
Contemporary English Version
Then the priests and the Levites picked up the sacred chest, the sacred tent, and the objects used for worship, and they carried them to the temple.
Complete Jewish Bible
All the leaders of Isra'el came. The L'vi'im took the ark
Darby Translation
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
Easy-to-Read Version
When all the elders of Israel arrived, the Levites lifted the Box of the Agreement
George Lamsa Translation
And all the elders of Israel came; and the priests took up the ark.
Good News Translation
When all the leaders had gathered, then the Levites lifted the Covenant Box
Lexham English Bible
And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.
Literal Translation
And all the elders of Israel came in, and the Levites lifted up the ark,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and all ye Elders in Israel came. And ye Leuites toke the Arke,
American Standard Version
And all the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took up the ark;
Bible in Basic English
All the responsible men of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And all the elders of Israel came, and the Leuites toke vp the arke.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.
King James Version (1611)
And all the Elders of Israel came, and the Leuites tooke vp the Arke.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And all the elders of Israel came; and all the Levites took up the ark,
English Revised Version
And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne alle the eldre men of Israel `weren comen, the dekenes baren the arke,
Update Bible Version
And all the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took up the ark;
Webster's Bible Translation
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
New King James Version
So all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.
New Living Translation
When all the elders of Israel arrived, the Levites picked up the Ark.
New Life Bible
All the leaders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the special box of God.
New Revised Standard
And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites carried the ark.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when all the ancients of Israel were come, the Levites took up the ark,
Revised Standard Version
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,
THE MESSAGE
When all the leaders of Israel were ready, the Levites took up the Chest. They carried the Chest, the Tent of Meeting, and all the sacred things in the Tent used in worship. The priests, all Levites, carried them. King Solomon and the entire congregation of Israel were there before 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 Levites took up the ark.

Contextual Overview

1 Thus was perfected, all the work, which Solomon made, for the house of Yahweh, - and Solomon brought in the hallowed things of David his father, the silver, and the gold, and all the utensils, placed he, in the treasuries of the house of God. 2 Then, Solomon called together the elders of Israel, and all the chiefs of the tribes, the ancestral leaders of the sons of Israel, unto Jerusalem, - to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, the same, is Zion. 3 And all the men of Israel came together unto the king, in the festival, - the same, was the seventh month. 4 And all the elders of Israel came in, - and the Levites bare the ark; 5 and they brought up the ark, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy utensils, that were in the tent, - the priests the Levites did bring them up. 6 And, King Solomon, and all the assembly of Israel who assembled themselves unto him, before the ark, were sacrificing sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor could they be counted, for multitude. 7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh into the place thereof, into the shrine of the house, into the holy of holies, - into the place beneath the wings of the cherubim; - 8 for the cherubim were spreading forth two wings, over the place of the ark, - so that the cherubim formed a covering over the ark and over the staves thereof, from above. 9 And they drew out the staves, and the heads of the staves could be seen out of the ark, in front of the shrine, although they could not be seen on the outside, - and it came to pass that they have remained there - unto this day. 10 There was, nothing in the ark, save only the two tables, which Moses placed therein in Horeb, - when Yahweh made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the Levites: Probably the Levites, of the family of Kohath, carried the ark into the courts of the temple; and then the priests conveyed it into its proper place. Numbers 4:15, Joshua 3:6, Joshua 6:6, 1 Kings 8:3, 1 Chronicles 15:2, 1 Chronicles 15:12-14

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 10:8 - bear

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them, and God said to them Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, - and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that moveth on the land.
Genesis 5:1
This, is the record of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, In the likeness of God, made he him:
Genesis 5:3
And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his likeness after his image, - and called his name Seth:
Genesis 5:7
and Seth lived, after he begat Enosh, eight hundred and seven years, - and begat sons and daughters:
Genesis 5:10
and Enosh lived after he begat Kenan, eight hundred and fifteen years, - and begat sons and daughters;
Genesis 5:13
and Kenan lived after he begat Mahalalel, eight hundred and forty years, - and begat sons and daughters;
Genesis 5:19
and Jared lived after he begat Enoch, eight hundred years, - and begat sons and daughters;
Genesis 5:22
and Enoch walked with God, after he begat Methuselah, three hundred years, - and begat sons and daughters;
Genesis 5:26
and Methuselah lived, after he begat Lamech, seven hundred and eighty-two years, - and begat sons and daughters;
Genesis 5:30
And Lamech lived, after he begat Noah, five hundred and ninety-five years, - and begat sons and daughters;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Levites took up the ark - i. e., such of the Levites as were also priests (compare 2 Chronicles 5:7; 1 Kings 8:3).


 
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