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All the men of Israel gathered in the presence of the king at the festival that takes place during the seventh month.[a] Then when all the elders of Israel had come, the priests, who were Levites,[b] lifted up the Ark. They brought the Ark, the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels which were in the tent. The priests and Levites[c] brought them up.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 5:3 That is, the Festival of Shelters, traditionally Tabernacles
  2. 2 Chronicles 5:4 In this verse the Hebrew text simply says Levites. In 1 Kings 8:3 the reading is the priests.
  3. 2 Chronicles 5:5 Or the levitical priests. Some manuscripts do not include the word and between priests and Levites.

And all the Israelites(A) came together to the king at the time of the festival in the seventh month.

When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark, and they brought up the ark and the tent of meeting and all the sacred furnishings in it. The Levitical priests(B) carried them up;

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