2 Chronicles 1:4

4 Now, David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place[a] he had set up for it, because he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem,[b]

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 of hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel-the heads of the families.
3 Solomon and the whole assembly with him went to the high place that was in Gibeon because God's tent of meeting, which the Lord's servant Moses had made in the wilderness, was there.
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,
5 but he put the bronze altar, which Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, had made, in front of the Lord's tabernacle. Solomon and the assembly inquired of Him [there].
6 Solomon offered sacrifices there in the Lord's presence on the bronze altar at the tent of meeting; he offered 1,000 burnt offerings on it.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Vg; MT omits the place
  • [b]. 1 Ch 13:1-14; 15:25; 16:1
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