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All the men of Israel met together before King Solomon during the special festival[a] in the seventh month of the year.

When all the elders of Israel arrived, the Levites[b] lifted the Box of the Agreement and carried it up to the Temple. The priests and the Levites[c] also brought the Meeting Tent and all the holy things that were in it to the Temple in Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 5:3 the special festival That is, the Festival of Shelters. See “Festival of Shelters” in the Word List.
  2. 2 Chronicles 5:4 Levites Or “priests from the tribe of Levi.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 5:5 The priests and the Levites Or “The priests from the tribe of Levi.”

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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