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 gathered to Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the patriarchal leaders of Bnei-Yisrael, in order to bring up the Ark of the Covenant of Adonai from the city of David, which is Zion. 3All the men of Israel gathered together to the king at the feast that is in the seventh month. So all the elders of Israel came and the Levites took up the Ark 5and brought up the Ark and the Tent of Meeting along with all the sacred furnishings that were in the Tent. The Levitical kohanim brought them up. 6Meanwhile, King Solomon and the entire congregation of Israel who gathered with him before the Ark, were sacrificing so many sheep and bulls that they could not 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 its holy implements, and when the camp is ready to move out, after this the sons of Kohath may come to do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy items or they will die. These are the task of the sons of Kohath with regard to the Tent of Meeting.
• Joshua 3:6Joshua spoke to the kohanim saying: “Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over ahead of the people.” So they took up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.
• Joshua 6:6So Joshua son of Nun summoned the kohanim and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant. Let seven kohanim carry seven shofarot of rams’ horns before the ark of Adonai.”
• 1 Kings 8:3Then all the elders of Israel came and the kohanim brought up the ark.
• 1 Chronicles 15:2Then David said, “No one should carry the Ark of God except the Levites, for Adonai has chosen them to carry the Ark of Adonai and to serve Him forever.”

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