2 Chronicles 5:4
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
2 Chronicles 5:4 in other translations
| BSB | When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark, |
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| WEB | All the elders of Israel came. The Levites took up the ark. |
| ASV | And all the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took up the ark; |
| YLT | and all the elders of Israel come in, and the Levites lift up the ark, |
| DARBY | And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. |
| BBE | All the responsible men of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark. |
| Webster | And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. |
What does 2 Chronicles 5:4 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 5:1-10
The ark was a type of Christ, and, as such, a token of the presence of God. That gracious promise, Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world, does, in effect, bring the ark into our religious assemblies, if we by faith and prayer plead that promise; and this we should be most earnest for. When Christ is formed in a soul, the law written in the heart, the ark of the covenant settled there, so that it…
2 Chronicles 5:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 5:4
- Joshua 3:6
And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
- 1 Kings 8:3
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
- Numbers 4:15
And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
- Joshua 6:6
And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord.
- 1 Chronicles 15:12-14
And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it. For because ye did it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order. So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 15:2
Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
- 2 Chronicles 5:7
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:
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Context
- 2 Chronicles 5:3
Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.
- 2 Chronicles 5:4
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
- 2 Chronicles 5:5
And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up.
2 Chronicles 5:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y vinieron todos los ancianos de Israel, y tomaron los Levitas el arca: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et tous les anciens d’Israël vinrent, et les Lévites portèrent l’arche. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es kamen alle Ältesten von Israel, und die Leviten nahmen die Lade auf. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cumque venissent cuncti seniorum Israël, portaverunt Levitæ arcam, |