2 Chronicles 5:8

5:8 The cherubs’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles. ¹ 

2 Chronicles 5:4

5:4 When all Israel’s elders had arrived, the Levites lifted the ark.

2 Chronicles 24:8

24:8 The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the Lord’s temple. ² 

2 Chronicles 24:10

24:10 All the officials and all the people gladly brought their silver and threw it into the chest until it was full.

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. ³ 

2 Chronicles 5:5-7

5:5 The priests and Levites carried the ark, the tent where God appeared to his people, ⁴  and all the holy items in the tent. ⁵  5:6 Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered. ⁶ 

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

2 Chronicles 5:9-10

5:9 The poles were so long their ends extending out from the ark were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. ⁸  They have remained there to this very day. 5:10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. ⁹  (It was there that ¹⁰  the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.)

2 Chronicles 6:11

6:11 and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with the Israelites.”

2 Chronicles 6:41

6:41 Now ascend, O Lord God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength! May your priests, O Lord God, experience your deliverance! ¹¹  May your loyal followers rejoice in the prosperity you give! ¹² 

2 Chronicles 24:11

24:11 Whenever the Levites brought the chest to the royal accountant and they saw there was a lot of silver, the royal scribe and the accountant of the high priest emptied the chest and then took it back to its place. They went through this routine every day and collected a large amount of silver.

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, ¹³  so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David ¹⁴  (that is, Zion). ¹⁵ 

2 Chronicles 8:11

8:11 Solomon moved Pharaoh’s daughter up from the City of David ¹⁶  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!

[5:8]  ¹ sn These poles were used to carry the ark. The Levites were to carry it with the poles on their shoulders. See Exod 25:13-15; 1 Chr 15:15.

[24:8]  ² 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.”

[1:4]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[5:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”

[5:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they carried the ark of the Lord…. The priests and the Levites carried them.”

[5:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “And King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel, those who had been gathered to him, [were] before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle which could not be counted or numbered because of the abundance.”

[5:7]  ⁶ tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”

[5:10]  ⁸ sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (cf. Exod 3:1).

[5:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “in Horeb where.”

[6:41]  ⁹ tn Heb “be clothed with deliverance.”

[6:41]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and may your loyal ones rejoice in good.”

[5:2]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[5:2]  ¹¹ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.

[5:2]  ¹² 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).”

[8:11]  ¹¹ sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7.