All the elders of Israel came, and the priests picked up the ark.

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    All the elders of Israel came, and the priests picked up the ark.

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    And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

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Cross-references (11)

Passages linked to 1 Kings 8:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 31:9 Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel.
  • Joshua 3:6 Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and cross over before the people.” They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
  • Numbers 4:15 “When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it; but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. The sons of Kohath shall carry these things belonging to the Tent of Meeting.
  • Joshua 3:3 and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark of Yahweh your God’s covenant, and the Levitical priests bearing it, then leave your place and follow it.
  • Numbers 7:9 But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders.
  • Joshua 3:14-15 When the people moved from their tents to pass over the Jordan, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant being before the people, and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests who bore the ark had dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the time of harvest),
  • Joshua 4:9 Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.
  • Joshua 6:6 Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before Yahweh’s ark.”
  • 1 Chronicles 15:2 Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For Yahweh has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”
  • 1 Chronicles 15:11-15 David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab, and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, up to the place that I have prepared for it. For because you didn’t carry it at first, Yahweh our God broke out in anger against us, because we didn’t seek him according to the ordinance.” So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel. The children of the Levites bore God’s ark on their shoulders with its poles, as Moses commanded according to Yahweh’s word.
  • 2 Chronicles 5:5-8 and they brought up the ark, the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; these the Levitical priests brought up. King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle that could not be counted or numbered for multitude. The priests brought in the ark of Yahweh’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim. For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ki 8:3 And all the elders of Israel came,…

1Ki 8:3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

Ver. 3. And all the elders of Israel came.] Heads of tribes, and fathers of families: bringing with them multitudes of common people, who cheerfully and voluntarily flocked to this feast, quod ob hanc dedicationem magnificentissimam fuit solemnissimum, saith A. Lapide.

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And the priests took up the ark.] Setting it on the Levites’ shoulders. {Num 4:5 2Ch 5:4}

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain For although the Levites might do this, Num 4:15,…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And all the elders of Israel came,.... To Zion,…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The priests - For although the Levites might do…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ki 8:3. The priests took up the ark —…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain In 2Ch 5:4, ““the Levites” took up the ark;”…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Priests, who were also Levites, as it is expressed…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 3. The priests took up the ark — According…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. all the elders] The other representative persons mentioned…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) The priests took up the ark.—To bear the…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And all the elders of Israel came Not a…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 all the assembly of Israel
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 8:3-4 The priests and Levites brought up the Ark…

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