2 Chronicles 5:4

2 Chronicles 5:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
• New International Version (NIV)When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.

Context of 2 Chronicles 5:4

2Then Solomon convened Israel’s elders – all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families – in Jerusalem, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David (that is, Zion). 3All the men of Israel assembled before the king during the festival in the seventh month. When all Israel’s elders had arrived, the Levites lifted the ark. 5The priests and Levites carried the ark, the tent where God appeared to his people, and all the holy items in the tent. 6Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered.

2 Chronicles 5:4 word by word

וַיָּבֹ֕אוּ כֹּ֖ל זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ הַלְוִיִּ֖ם אֶת־הָאָרֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And all the eldersזָקֵןzâqên · old: elderH2205
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• and the Levitesלֵוִיlêvîyîy lêvîy · LeviH3881
• took upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• the arkאֲרוֹן'ârôn 'ârôn · arkH727

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 5:4

• Numbers 4:15“When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is ready to journey, then the Kohathites will come to carry them; but they must not touch any holy thing, or they will die. These are the responsibilities of the Kohathites with the tent of meeting.
• Joshua 3:6Joshua told the priests, “Pick up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people.” So they picked up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.
• Joshua 6:6So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and instructed them, “Pick up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests must carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord.”
• 1 Kings 8:3When all Israel’s elders had arrived, the priests lifted the ark.
• 1 Chronicles 15:2Then David said, “Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to serve before him perpetually.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 5:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4The Levites took up the ark - i. e., such of the Levites as were also priests (compare 2 Chronicles 5:7; 1 Kings 8:3).Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 5:4

• Ark
• Government
• Temple

In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Solomon
• Ark of the Covenant
• Elder in the Old Testament
• Temple
• Worship

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings