2 Chronicles 5:2-4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Preparations for the Temple Dedication

² At that time^(A) Solomon assembled at Jerusalem the elders of Israel – all the tribal heads, the ancestral chiefs of the Israelites – in order to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord up from the city of David,^(B) that is, Zion. ³ So all the men of Israel were assembled in the king’s presence at the festival; this was in the seventh month.^[a]

⁴ All the elders of Israel came, and the Levites picked up the ark.