New Revised Standard Version
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the ancestral houses of the Israelites, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

New American Bible
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the princes in the ancestral houses of the Israelites. They came to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD’s covenant from the city of David (which is Zion).

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then all the ancients of Israel, with the princes of the tribes, and the heads of the families of the children of Israel, were assembled to king Solomon, in Jerusalem: that they might carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, out of the city of David, that is, out of Sion.

Then all the ancients of Israel, with the princes of the tribes, and the heads of the families of the children of Israel, were assembled to king Solomon, in Jerusalem: that they might carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, out of the city of David, that is, out of Sion.

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3000 B.C.

1004
Solomon This did not take place, according to Abp. Usher, till the year after the temple was finished, because that year after the temple was finished, because that year was a {jubilee}. `The

8th day of the

7th month, {viz.} the

30th of our October, being Friday, was the first of the seven days of dedication; the

10th day, Saturday, November

1 Kings 8:1 Then all the ancients of Israel, with the princes of the tribes, and the heads of the families of the children of Israel, were assembled to king Solomon, in Jerusalem: that they might carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, out of the city of David, that is, out of Sion.

, the fast of expiation or atonement was held; whereon, according to the levitical law, the jubilee was proclaimed by sound of trumpet. The

15th day, Friday, was the feast of tabernacles, which was always very solemnly kept; and the day following, Nov.

1 Kings 8:14 And the king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: for all the assembly of Israel stood.

, being our Saturday, when the Sabbath was ended, the people returned home.'

2 Chronicles 5:2 And after this he gathered together the ancients of Israel and all the princes of the tribes, and the heads of the families, of the children of Israel to Jerusalem, to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Sion.

assembled

Joshua 23:2 Joshua called for all Israel, and for the elders, and for the princes, and for the judges, and for the masters, and said to them: I am old, and far advanced in years,

Joshua 24:1 And Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel in Sichem, and called for the ancients, and the princes and the judges, and the masters: and they stood in the sight of the Lord:

1 Chronicles 28:1 And David assembled all the chief men of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies, who waited on the king: and the captains over thousands, and over hundreds, and them who had the charge over the substance and possessions of the king, and his sons with the officers of the court, and the men of power, and all the bravest of the army at Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 30:1 And Ezechias sent to all Israel and Juda: and he wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasses, that they should come to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, and keep the phase to the Lord the God of Israel,

Ezra 3:1 And now the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in their cities: and the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.

chief of the fathers.

Numbers 7:3 Their gifts before the Lord, six wagons covered, and twelve oxen. Two princes offered one wagon, and each one an ox, and they offered them before the tabernacle.

that they might bring

2 Samuel 6:1,2,6,12 And David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. . . .

1 Chronicles 13:1-5 David consulted with the captains of thousands, and of hundreds, and with all the commanders. . . .

1 Chronicles 15:3,25 And he gathered all Israel together into Jerusalem, that the ark of God might be brought into its place, which he had prepared for it. . . .

out of the city

1 Kings 3:15 And Solomon awaked, and perceived that it was a dream: and when he was come to Jerusalem, he stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered holocausts, and sacrificed victims of peace offerings, and made a great feast for all his servants.

2 Samuel 5:7-9 But David took the castle of Sion, the same is the city of David. . . .

2 Samuel 6:12-17 And it was told king David, that the Lord had blessed Obededom, and all that he had, because of the ark of God. So David went, and brought away the ark of God out of the house of Obededom into the city of David with joy. And there were with David seven choirs, and calves for victims. . . .

1 Chronicles 11:7 And David dwelt in the castle, and therefore it was called the city of David,

1 Chronicles 15:29 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord was come to the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul looking out at a window, saw king David dancing and playing, and she despised him in her heart.

1 Chronicles 16:1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent, which David had pitched for it: and they offered holocausts, and peace offerings before God.

Psalm 9:11 Sing ye to the Lord, who dwelleth in Sion: declare his ways among the Gentiles:

Psalm 102:21 That they may declare the name of the Lord in Sion: and his praise in Jerusalem;

Isaiah 28:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will lay a stone in the foundations of Sion, a tried stone, a corner stone, a precious stone, founded in the foundation. He that believeth, let him not hasten.

Isaiah 46:13 I have brought my justice near, it shall not be afar off: and my salvation shall not tarry. I will give salvation in Sion, and my glory in Israel.

1 Peter 2:6 Wherefore it is said in the scripture: Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious. And he that shall believe in him shall not be confounded.