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2 Chronicles 5:5-7
New English Translation
2 Chronicles 5:5-7
New English Translation
5 The priests and Levites carried the ark, the tent where God appeared to his people,[a] and all the holy items in the tent.[b] 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.[c]
7 The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its assigned[d] place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the Most Holy Place under the wings of the cherubim.
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- 2 Chronicles 5:5 tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”sn See Exod 33:7-11.
- 2 Chronicles 5:5 tn Heb “and they carried the ark of the Lord…. The priests and the Levites carried them.”
- 2 Chronicles 5:6 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.”
- 2 Chronicles 5:7 tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification.
2 Chronicles 5:5-7
New International Version
2 Chronicles 5:5-7
New International Version
5 and they brought up the ark and the tent of meeting and all the sacred furnishings in it. The Levitical priests(A) carried them up; 6 and King Solomon and the entire assembly of Israel that had gathered about him were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and cattle that they could not be recorded or counted.
7 The priests then brought the ark(B) of the Lord’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.
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