At that time Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, all the tribal heads and the ancestral leaders of the Israelites before him at Jerusalem in order to bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David, that is Zion.
Numbers 7:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised the leaders of Israel, the heads of their ancestral families, presented an offering. They were the tribal leaders who supervised the registration. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 that the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The princes or leaders of Israel, heads of their fathers' houses, made offerings. These were the leaders of the tribes and were over those who were numbered. American Standard Version (1901) that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ houses, offered. These were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were over them that were numbered: Common English Bible The chiefs of Israel, the leaders of their households, made their presentations. They were the tribal chiefs and those who were in charge of the enlistment. Catholic Public Domain Version that the leaders of Israel and the heads of the families, who were in each tribe and who were in charge of those who had been numbered, offered Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The princes of Israel and the heads of the families, in every tribe, who were the rulers of them who had been numbered, offered |
At that time Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, all the tribal heads and the ancestral leaders of the Israelites before him at Jerusalem in order to bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David, that is Zion.
His officials also donated willingly for the people, the priests, and the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, chief officials of God’s temple, gave two thousand six hundred Passover sacrifices and three hundred cattle for the priests.
The leaders brought onyx and gemstones to mount on the ephod and breastpiece,
Moses told the leaders of the Israelite tribes, ‘This is what the Lord has commanded:
Moses and the priest Eleazar received from them all the articles made out of gold.