2 Chronicles 1:4

4 However, David had brought up 1the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim [a]to 2the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 1:4 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 1:4

But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim,
&c.] See ( 2 Samuel 6:2 2 Samuel 6:17 ) .

2 Chronicles 1:4 In-Context

2 Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every leader in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' households.
3 Then Solomon and all the assembly with him went to the high place which was at Gibeon, for God's tent of meeting was there, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
4 However, 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.
5 Now the bronze altar, which Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tabernacle of the LORD , and Solomon and the assembly sought it out.
6 Solomon went up there before the LORD to the bronze altar which was at the tent of meeting, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.

Cross References 2

  • 1. 1 Chronicles 15:25-28
  • 2. 2 Chronicles 6:2

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "where David had prepared for it"
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