◄ 2 Chronicles 5:7 ►
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Good News Translation
Then the priests carried the Covenant Box of the LORD into the Temple and put it in the Most Holy Place, beneath the winged creatures.

New Revised Standard Version
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the most holy place, underneath the wings of the cherubim.

Contemporary English Version
The priests carried the chest into the most holy place and put it under the winged creatures,

New American Bible
The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place: the inner sanctuary of the house, the holy of holies, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, that is, to the oracle of the temple, into the holy of holies under the wings of the cherubims:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, that is, to the oracle of the temple, into the holy of holies under the wings of the cherubims:

the priests

Psalm 132:8 Arise, O Lord, into thy resting place: thou and the ark, which thou hast sanctified.

to the oracles

2 Chronicles 4:20 The candlesticks also of most pure gold with their lamps to give light before the oracle, according to the manner.

Exodus 37:6-9 He made also the propitiatory, that is, the oracle, of the purest gold, two cubits and a half in length, and a cubit and a half in breadth. . . .

1 Kings 6:23-28 And he made in the oracle two cherubims of olive tree, of ten cubits in height. . . .

1 Kings 8:6,7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, into the oracle of the temple, into the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubims. . . .

Hebrews 9:4,5 Having a golden censer and the ark of the testament covered about on every part with gold, in which was a golden pot that had manna and the rod of Aaron that had blossomed and the tables of the testament. . . .

Context
The Ark Enters the Temple
…6And king Solomon and all the assembly of Israel and all that were gathered together before the ark, sacrificed rams, and oxen without number: so great was the multitude of the victims. 7And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, that is, to the oracle of the temple, into the holy of holies under the wings of the cherubims:8So that the cherubims spread their wings over the place, in which the ark was set, and covered the ark itself and its staves.…
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:19
Give therefore your hearts and your souls, to seek the Lord your God and arise, and build a sanctuary to the Lord God, that the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and the vessels consecrated to the Lord, may be brought into the house, which is built to the name of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 4:20
The candlesticks also of most pure gold with their lamps to give light before the oracle, according to the manner.

2 Chronicles 5:4
And when all the ancients of Israel were come, the Levites took up the ark,

2 Chronicles 5:6
And king Solomon and all the assembly of Israel and all that were gathered together before the ark, sacrificed rams, and oxen without number: so great was the multitude of the victims.

2 Chronicles 5:8
So that the cherubims spread their wings over the place, in which the ark was set, and covered the ark itself and its staves.

2 Chronicles 6:11
And I have put in it the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with the children of Israel.

Ezekiel 41:4
And he measured the length thereof twenty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits, before the face of the temple: and he said to me: This is the holy of holies.

2 Chronicles 5:6
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