Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark, New Living Translation When all the elders of Israel arrived, the priests picked up the Ark. English Standard Version And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. Berean Standard Bible When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark, King James Bible And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. New King James Version So all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. New American Standard Bible Then all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. NASB 1995 Then all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. NASB 1977 Then all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. Legacy Standard Bible Then all the elders of Israel came, and the priests carried the ark. Amplified Bible All the elders of Israel came, and the priests carried the ark. Christian Standard Bible All the elders of Israel came, and the priests picked up the ark. Holman Christian Standard Bible All the elders of Israel came, and the priests picked up the ark. American Standard Version And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And all the tribes of Israel came and the Priests picked up the Ark of LORD JEHOVAH Brenton Septuagint Translation And the priests took up the ark, Douay-Rheims Bible And all the ancients of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark, English Revised Version And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. GOD'S WORD® Translation When all the leaders of Israel had arrived, the priests picked up the LORD's ark. Good News Translation When all the leaders had gathered, the priests lifted the Covenant Box International Standard Version All the Elders of Israel showed up, and the priests picked up the ark JPS Tanakh 1917 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. Literal Standard Version And all [the] elderly of Israel come in, and the priests lift up the Ark, Majority Standard Bible When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark, New American Bible When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark; NET Bible When all Israel's elders had arrived, the priests lifted the ark. New Revised Standard Version And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests carried the ark. New Heart English Bible All the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. Webster's Bible Translation And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. World English Bible All the elders of Israel came, and the priests picked up the ark. Young's Literal Translation And all the elders of Israel come in, and the priests lift up the ark, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Ark Enters the Temple…2And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim. 3When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark, 4and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.… Cross References Numbers 7:9 But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible. Deuteronomy 31:9 So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel. Joshua 3:3 and commanded the people: "When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it. Joshua 3:6 And he said to the priests, "Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people." So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them. 1 Kings 8:6 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim. Treasury of Scripture And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. the priests took up 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. Deuteronomy 31:9 And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel. Joshua 3:6,14,15 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… Jump to Previous Ark Arrived Elders Israel Lift Priests ResponsibleJump to Next Ark Arrived Elders Israel Lift Priests Responsible1 Kings 8 1. The feast of the temple12. Solomon's blessing 22. Solomon's prayer 54. Solomon's blessing 62. His sacrifice of peace offerings (3) The priests took up the ark.--To bear the ark on its journeys was properly the duty of the Levites of the family of Kohath (Numbers 3:31; Numbers 4:5); but to bring it out of the Holy of Holies (or, as here, from whatever corresponded thereto in the tent erected for the ark on Mount Zion), and to replace it therein, was the work of the priests alone. Hence in this passage, with literal accuracy, it is said, first, that "the priests took up the ark;" then (1Kings 8:4) that the priests and Levites brought up the ark and the holy things; and, lastly (1Kings 8:6), that "the priests brought in the ark into the oracle." Josephus, indeed, declares that, as was natural on this occasion of special solemnity--just as at the passage of the Jordan, and the circuit round the walls of Jericho (Joshua 3:6-17; Joshua 6:6)--the priests themselves bore the ark, while the Levites bore only the vessels and furniture of the Tabernacle. . . . Verse 3. - And all the elders of Israel came [Not a mere repetition. The men who were summoned to Jerusalem (ver. 1) were all present, of their own accord, to witness the removal], and the priests took up the ark. tin the parallel account in 2 Chronicles 5:4, we read that "the Levites took up the ark." But there is no contradiction, as has been too readily supposed. For ver. 7 of the Chronicles," the priests brought in the ark," etc., confirms the statement of the text. And the explanation is suggested in ver. 5 of the same chapter, "These did the priests, the Levites (so the Heb.) bring up." Same expression in Joshua 3:3. All the priests were Levites - Keil translates, "the Levitical priests" - and this somewhat singular expression is no doubt used to remind us that such was the case. Nor need it cause us any surprise to find the priests employed in this service. It is true that the ark was given into the charge of the Kohathite Levites (Numbers 3:30, 31); and it was their duty to bear it (Numbers 4:15; Numbers 7:9; Numbers 10:21; cf. 1 Chronicles 15:2, 11, 12). But the real care and supervision of the ark always belonged to the sons of Aaron. It was their office, e.g., to put on or take off the covering of the ark and of the vessels, which the Levites were forbidden directly to touch (Numbers 4:5-15). It was quite in accordance with the spirit of these provisions that Solomon now entrusted the carriage of the ark to the superior order. But more than that, Solomon was not without precedent to justify his choice, indeed, we may see in his selection of the priests a minute mark of truth, amounting almost to an undo-signed coincidence. For we find that on occasions of extraordinary solemnity - at the crossing of the Jordan, e.g., (Joshua 3:6, 15, 17), and at the siege of Jericho (Joshua 6:6), the priests had borne the ark (cf. 1 Samuel 4:4; 1 Chronicles 15:11, 12). It was no doubt these familiar precedents guided Solomon, or the ecclesiastical authorities, in their selection of the priests on this occasion. A "settled place," a "house of cedars" (2 Samuel 7:7), "having now been found for the ark" to abide in, after it had "dwelt in curtains" for 500 years, it was taking its last journey, and in order to mark this journey as exceptional, in order to show both the ark and the house the greater reverence, it was determined that it should be borne for the last time by the priests. Keil suggests that the ark may have been uncovered, but this is very improbable. Why, we may ask, were coverings provided, and their use prescribed (Numbers 4:5-15), if they were to be arbitrarily dispensed with? He also adds that Levites were not allowed to enter the most holy place. But neither, it may be added, was this lawful for the priests. Levites and priests might enter that day, because the house was not then dedicated. The cloud (ver. 10) claimed it for God. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew When allכֹּ֖ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the elders זִקְנֵ֣י (ziq·nê) Adjective - masculine plural construct Strong's 2205: Old of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc had arrived, וַיָּבֹ֕אוּ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go the priests הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים (hak·kō·hă·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3548: Priest took up וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ (way·yiś·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take the ark, הָאָרֽוֹן׃ (hā·’ā·rō·wn) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 727: A chest, ark Links 1 Kings 8:3 NIV1 Kings 8:3 NLT 1 Kings 8:3 ESV 1 Kings 8:3 NASB 1 Kings 8:3 KJV 1 Kings 8:3 BibleApps.com 1 Kings 8:3 Biblia Paralela 1 Kings 8:3 Chinese Bible 1 Kings 8:3 French Bible 1 Kings 8:3 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Kings 8:3 All the elders of Israel came (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) |
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