2 Chronicles 24:8

24:8 The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the Lord’s temple. ¹ 

2 Chronicles 1:4

1:4 (Now David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem. ² 

2 Chronicles 5:7

5:7 The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its assigned ³  place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place under the wings of the cherubs.

2 Chronicles 5:2

Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

5:2 Then Solomon convened Israel’s elders – all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families – in Jerusalem, ⁴  so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David ⁵  (that is, Zion). ⁶ 

2 Chronicles 8:11

8:11 Solomon moved Pharaoh’s daughter up from the City of David ⁷  to the palace he had built for her, for he said, “My wife must not live in the palace of King David of Israel, for the places where the ark of the Lord has entered are holy.”

2 Chronicles 35:3

35:3 He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel about things consecrated to the Lord, “Place the holy ark in the temple which King Solomon son of David of Israel built. Don’t carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel!

¹ tn Heb “and the king said [it] and they made a chest and placed it in the gate of the house of the Lord outside.”

² map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

³ tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁵ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

⁶ tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David (it is Zion).”

⁵ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.