2 Chronicles 5:2

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2 Chronicles 5:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.

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.

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

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2 Chronicles 5:1

So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.

2 Chronicles 5:12

all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.

1 Kings 8:1

At that time Solomon assembled before him 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.

1 Kings 8:2

And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.

1 Kings 8:3

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

1 Kings 8:4

and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.

1 Kings 8:5

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 8:6

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.

1 Kings 8:7

For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.

1 Kings 8:8

The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.

1 Kings 8:9

There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 8:10

And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD

1 Kings 8:11

so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.

1 Chronicles 28:1

Now David summoned all the leaders of Israel to Jerusalem: the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials and mighty men—every mighty man of valor.

1 Chronicles 15:12

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.

1 Chronicles 24:6

The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 24:31

As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger brothers alike.

1 Chronicles 26:26

This Shelomith and his brothers were in charge of all the treasuries for the things dedicated by King David, by the heads of families who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.

Numbers 10:33

So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.

Numbers 10:36

And when it came to rest, he would say: “Return, O LORD, to the countless thousands of Israel.”

2 Chronicles 1:4

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.

2 Samuel 6:12

Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.

1 Chronicles 16:1

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.

2 Samuel 5:7

Nevertheless, David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David).

Psalms 2:6

“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”

Psalms 87:2

The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.

Psalms 132:13

For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:

Psalms 132:14

“This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.

Psalms 132:15

I will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.

Psalms 132:16

I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will sing out in joy.

Psalms 132:17

There I will make a horn grow for David; I have prepared a lamp for My anointed one.