2 Chronicles 1 · Verse 4

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.
2 Chronicles 1:4, King James Version

2 Chronicles 1:4 in other translations

BSBNow 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.
WEBBut David had brought God’s ark up from Kiriath Jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
ASVBut the ark of God had David brought up from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
YLTbut the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-Jearim, when David prepared for it, for he stretched out for it a tent in Jerusalem;
DARBYBut the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had spread a tent for it at Jerusalem.
BBEBut the ark of God had been moved by David from Kiriath-jearim to the place which he had made ready for it, for he had put up a tent for it at Jerusalem.
WebsterBut the ark of God David had brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

What does 2 Chronicles 1:4 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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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 But the ark - The tabernacle and the brazen altar remained still at Gibeon; but David had brought away the ark out of the tabernacle, and placed it in a tent at Jerusalem; 2Sam 6:2, 2Sam 6:17.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 1:4 in the original Hebrew

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אֲבָ֗ל'a.ValbutH61
אֲר֤וֹן'a.Ron[the] ark ofH727
הָאֱלֹהִים֙ha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
הֶעֱלָ֤הhe.'e.Lahhe had brought upH5927
דָוִיד֙da.VidDavidH1732
מִקִּרְיַ֣תmi.kir.Yatfrom KiriathH7157
יְעָרִ֔יםye.'a.RimJearimH7157
בַּֽהֵכִ֥יןba.he.Khinin <the> where he had preparedH3559
ל֖וֹlofor it
דָּוִ֑ידda.VidDavidH1732
כִּ֧יkiforH3588
נָֽטָה\־na.tah-he had pitchedH5186
ל֛וֹlofor it
אֹ֖הֶל'O.hela tentH168
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם\׃bi.ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 1:4

  • 2 Samuel 6:2

    And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the Lord of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubims.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:25-28

    So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of Obed–edom with joy. And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams. And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen. Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

  • 2 Samuel 6:17

    And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

  • 1 Chronicles 16:1

    So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:1

    And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

  • 1 Chronicles 13:5-6

    So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath–jearim. And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath–jearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the Lord, that dwelleth between the cherubims, whose name is called on it.

  • Psalms 132:5-6

    Until I find out a place for the Lord, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the ark.The tabernacle and the brazen altar still remained at Gibeon; but David had brought away the ark out of the tabernacle, and placed it in a tent at Jerusalem.
2Sa 6:2,17; 1Ch 13:5,6; 15:1,25-28
for he had pitched.
1Ch 16:1; Ps 132:5,6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • 2 Chronicles 1:5

    Moreover the brasen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the Lord: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it.

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2 Chronicles 1:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Mas David había traído el arca de Dios de Chîriath-jearim al lugar que él le había preparado; porque él le había tendido una tienda en Jerusalem.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
(mais David avait fait monter l’arche de Dieu de Kiriath-Jéarim au lieu que David lui avait préparé; car il lui avait tendu une tente à Jérusalem);
German
Elberfelder 1871
Jedoch die Lade Gottes hatte David von Kirjath-Jearim heraufgebracht an den Ort, welchen David für sie bereitet hatte; denn er hatte ihr zu Jerusalem ein Zelt aufgeschlagen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Arcam autem Dei adduxerat David de Cariathiarim in locum quem præparaverat ei, et ubi fixerat illi tabernaculum, hoc est, in Jerusalem.