2 Chronicles 1 · Verse 3

2 Chronicles 1:3

So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness.
2 Chronicles 1:3, King James Version

2 Chronicles 1:3 in other translations

BSBAnd Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
WEBThen Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for God’s Tent of Meeting was there, which the LORD’s servant Moses had made in the wilderness.
ASVSo Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Jehovah had made in the wilderness.
YLTand they go--Solomon, and all the assembly with him--to the high place that is in Gibeon, for there hath been God's tent of meeting, that Moses, servant of Jehovah, made in the wilderness,
DARBYand Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place at Gibeon; for there was God's tent of meeting which Moses the servant of Jehovah had made in the wilderness.
BBEThen Solomon, and all the men of Israel with him, went to the high place at Gibeon, because the Tent of meeting of God, which Moses, the servant of the Lord, had made in the waste land, was there.
WebsterSo Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon: for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.

What does 2 Chronicles 1:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 1:2-5

THE SECOND BOOK OF THE CHRONICLES. Commentary by Robert Jamieson 2Ch 1:1-6. Solemn Offering of Solomon at Gibeon. 2-5. Then Solomon spake unto all Israel--The heads, or leading officers, who are afterwards specified, were summoned to attend their sovereign in a solemn religious procession. The date of this occurrence was the second year of Solomon's reign, and the high place at Gibeon was chosen for the performance…

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2 Chronicles 1:3 in the original Hebrew

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וַיֵּלְכ֗וּvai.ye.le.Khuand they wentH1980
שְׁלֹמֹה֙she.lo.MohSolomonH8010
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
הַקָּהָ֣לha.ka.Halthe assemblyH6951
עִמּ֔וֹi.Mowith himH5973
לַבָּמָ֖הla.ba.Mahto the high placeH1116
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
בְּגִבְע֑וֹןbe.giv.'on[was] at GibeonH1391
כִּי\־ki-forH3588
שָׁ֣םshamthereH8033
הָיָ֗הha.Yahit wasH1961
אֹ֤הֶל'O.hel[the] tent ofH168
מוֹעֵד֙mo.'Edmeeting ofH4150
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
עָשָׂ֛ה'a.Sahhe had madeH6213
מֹשֶׁ֥הmo.ShehMosesH4872
עֶֽבֶד\־'e.ved-[the] servant ofH5650
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
בַּמִּדְבָּֽר\׃ba.mid.Barin the wildernessH4057

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 1:3

  • 1 Chronicles 21:29

    For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:39

    And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place that was at Gibeon,

  • 1 Kings 3:4-15

    And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. …

  • Leviticus 1:1

    And the Lord called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,

  • Exodus 26:1-37

    Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them. The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure. The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. …

  • Exodus 40:2

    On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

  • Exodus 40:34

    Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

  • Exodus 36:8

    And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work made he them.

  • Deuteronomy 34:5

    So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord.

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Gibeon.
1Ki 3:4-15; 1Ch 16:39; 21:29
the tabernacle.
Ex 26:1-37; 40:2,34; Le 1:1
the servant.
De 34:5

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 1:2

    Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers.

  • 2 Chronicles 1:3

    So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness.

  • 2 Chronicles 1:4

    But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath–jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

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2 Chronicles 1:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y fué Salomón, y con él toda esta junta, al alto que había en Gabaón; porque allí estaba el tabernáculo del testimonio de Dios, que Moisés siervo de Jehová había hecho en el desierto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et Salomon, et toute la congrégation avec lui, allèrent au haut lieu qui était à Gabaon; car là était la tente d’assignation de Dieu, que Moïse, serviteur de l’ Éternel, avait faite dans le désert
German
Elberfelder 1871
und sie gingen, Salomo und die ganze Versammlung mit ihm, nach der Höhe, die zu Gibeon war; denn dort war das Zelt der Zusammenkunft Gottes, welches Mose, der Knecht Jehovas, in der Wüste gemacht hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et abiit cum universa multitudine in excelsum Gabaon, ubi erat tabernaculum fœderis Dei, quod fecit Moyses famulus Dei in solitudine.