2 Chronicles 5:4

4 When all the leaders had gathered, then the Levites lifted the Covenant Box

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 King Solomon summoned all the leaders of the tribes and clans of Israel to assemble in Jerusalem, in order to take the Lord's Covenant Box from Zion, David's City, to the Temple.

3 They all assembled at the time of the Festival of Shelters.

4 When all the leaders had gathered, then the Levites lifted the Covenant Box

5 and carried it to the Temple. The priests and the Levites also moved the Tent of the Lord's presence and all its equipment to the Temple.

6 King Solomon and all the people of Israel assembled in front of the Covenant Box and sacrificed a large number of sheep and cattle - too many to count.