2 Chronicles 5:4

4 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,

2 Chronicles 5:4 in Other Translations

4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.

4 And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.

4 When all the elders of Israel arrived, the Levites picked up the Ark.

4 When all the leaders of Israel were ready, the Levites took up the Chest.

4 And all the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took up the ark;

4 When all the leaders of Israel had arrived, the Levites picked up the ark.

4 All the elders of Israel came, and the Levites picked up the ark.

4 All of the elders of Israel arrived. Then the Levites picked up the ark and carried it.

2 Chronicles 5:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 5:4

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

2 Chronicles 5:4 In-Context

2 Then Solomon summoned to Jerusalem the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes and the chiefs of the Israelite families, to bring up the ark of the LORD’s covenant from Zion, the City of David.

3 And all the Israelites came together to the king at the time of the festival in the seventh month.

4 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,

5 and they brought up the ark and the tent of meeting and all the sacred furnishings in it. The Levitical priests carried them up;

6 and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted.