Context 4Then all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark. 5They brought up the ark and the tent of meeting and all the holy utensils which were in the tent; the Levitical priests brought them up. 6And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel who were assembled with him before the ark, were sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered. 7Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubim. 8For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles. 9The poles were so long that the ends of the poles of the ark could be seen in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen outside; and they are there to this day. 10There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. The Glory of God Fills the Temple 11When the priests came forth from the holy place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without regard to divisions), 12and all the Levitical singers, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and kinsmen, clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps and lyres, standing east of the altar, and with them one hundred and twenty priests blowing trumpets 13in unison when the trumpeters and the singers were to make themselves heard with one voice to praise and to glorify the LORD, and when they lifted up their voice accompanied by trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and when they praised the LORD saying, He indeed is good for His lovingkindness is everlasting, then the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud, 14so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd all the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took up the ark; Douay-Rheims Bible And when all the ancients of Israel were come, the Levites took up the ark, Darby Bible Translation And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. English Revised Version And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark. Webster's Bible Translation And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. World English Bible All the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took up the ark; Young's Literal Translation and all the elders of Israel come in, and the Levites lift up the ark, Library The Temple and Its DedicationThe long-cherished plan of David to erect a temple to the Lord, Solomon wisely carried out. For seven years Jerusalem was filled with busy workers engaged in leveling the chosen site, in building vast retaining walls, in laying broad foundations,--"great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones,"--in shaping the heavy timbers brought from the Lebanon forests, and in erecting the magnificent sanctuary. 1 Kings 5:17. Simultaneously with the preparation of wood and stone, to which task many thousands … Ellen Gould White—The Story of Prophets and Kings Chronicles Links 2 Chronicles 5:4 NIV • 2 Chronicles 5:4 NLT • 2 Chronicles 5:4 ESV • 2 Chronicles 5:4 NASB • 2 Chronicles 5:4 KJV • 2 Chronicles 5:4 Bible Apps • 2 Chronicles 5:4 Parallel • Bible Hub |