2 Chronicles 1:4

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

2 Chronicles 1:4 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
English Standard Version (ESV)
4 (But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.)
New Living Translation (NLT)
4 David had already moved the Ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the tent he had prepared for it in Jerusalem.
The Message Bible (MSG)
4 The Chest of God, though, was in Jerusalem - David had brought it up from Kiriath Jearim, prepared a special place for it, and pitched a tent for it.
American Standard Version (ASV)
4 But the ark of God had David brought up from Kiriath-jearim to [the place] that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
4 (However, David had [already] brought God's ark from Kiriath Jearim to a place he had prepared for it. He had put up a tent for it in Jerusalem.)
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
4 Now, David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had set up for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem,
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
4 David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath Jearim. He had brought it to the place he had prepared for it. He had set up 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 Then Solomon spoke to all Israel—to the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, to the judges and to all the leaders in Israel, the heads of families—
3 and Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon, for God’s tent of meeting was there, which Moses the LORD’s servant had made in the wilderness.
4 Now David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.
5 But the bronze altar that Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was in Gibeon in front of the tabernacle of the LORD; so Solomon and the assembly inquired of him there.
6 Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the LORD in the tent of meeting and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.

Cross References 2

  • 1. 2 Samuel 6:2; S 1 Chronicles 15:25
  • 2. 2 Samuel 6:17; 1 Chronicles 15:1
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