2 Chronicles 5:2-4

Holman Christian Standard Bible

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.