1 David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. 2 Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”
1 Chronicles 15:1–2
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2 Chronicles 1:3–5
3 And 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. 4 Now David had brought the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he h…
1 Chronicles 13:12–14
12 That day David feared God and asked, “How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?” 13 So he did not move the ark with him to the City of David; instead, he took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 14 Thus the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edo…
1 Chronicles 16:1–2
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2 Samuel 6:16–18
16 As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart. 17 So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place insid…
2 Samuel 6:9–11
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1 Esdras 1:2–4
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1 Chronicles 28:1–3
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1 Chronicles 15:13–15
13 It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.” 14 So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of… 15 …
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