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2 Chronicles 5:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

At that time  Solomon assembled at Jerusalem the elders of Israel #– #all the tribal heads, the ancestral chiefs of the Israelites #– #in order to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord up from the city of David,  that is, Zion.

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It was reported to King David, ‘The Lord has blessed Obed-edom’s family and all that belongs to him because of the ark of God.’ So David went and had the ark of God brought up from Obed-edom’s house to the city of David with rejoicing.


Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place  he had set up for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem,


the Levitical singers dressed in fine linen and carrying cymbals, harps, and lyres  were standing east of the altar, and with them were 120 priests blowing trumpets.  The Levitical singers were descendants of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun and their sons  and relatives.


So all the work Solomon did for the Lord’s temple was completed. Then Solomon brought the consecrated things of his father David #– #the silver, the gold, and all the utensils #– #and put them in the treasuries of God’s temple.


David assembled all the leaders of Israel in Jerusalem:  the leaders of the tribes, the leaders of the divisions in the king’s service, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, and the officials in charge of all the property and cattle of the king and his sons, along with the court officials, the fighting men,  and all the best soldiers.


This Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the treasuries of what had been dedicated by King David,  by the family heads who were the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and by the army commanders.


They also cast lots the same way as their relatives the descendants of Aaron did in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites #– #the family heads and their younger brothers alike.


The secretary, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king and the officers, the priest Zadok, Ahimelech  son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites. One ancestral family  was taken for Eleazar, and then one for Ithamar.


They  brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent David had pitched for it.  Then they offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings in God’s presence.


David,  the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-edom.


He said to them, ‘You are the heads of the Levite families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves  so that you may bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.


Yet David did capture the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.


When it came to rest, he would say: Return, Lord,


They set out from the mountain of the Lord on a three-day journey with the ark of the Lord’s covenant travelling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.


They brought what Moses had commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the whole community came forward and stood before the Lord.


David built houses for himself in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.


David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem  to bring the ark of the Lord to the place he had prepared for it.





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