1 Kings 8:4

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.”

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BSBPD

“and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And they brought up the ark of the Lord, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And they brought up the ark of Jehovah, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; even these did the priests and the Levites bring up.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and bring up the ark of Jehovah, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that <FI>are<Fi> in the tent, yea, the priests and the Levites bring them up.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Kings 8:4 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 40:2“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
  2. 2 Samuel 6:12Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing.
  3. 1 Kings 3:4Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
  4. 2 Chronicles 1:3And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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