The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 5:2 Explained

2 Chronicles 5:2

KJV: Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.

YLT: Then doth Solomon assemble the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, princes of the fathers of the sons of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah from the city of David -- it is Zion.

Darby: Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.

ASV: Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers houses of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Then Solomon  assembled  the elders  of Israel,  and all the heads  of the tribes,  the chief  of the fathers  of the children  of Israel,  unto Jerusalem,  to bring up  the ark  of the covenant  of the LORD  out of the city  of David,  which [is] Zion. 

What does 2 Chronicles 5:2 Mean?

Study Notes

Then Solomon
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The consecration of the temple illustrates all consecration. The temple, like the believer 1 Thessalonians 5:23 was threefold: the court, that which was outward, visible, answered to the body; the holy place, where everything appealed to the sacred emotions, answered to the soul; the holy of holies, the place of communion with God Exodus 25:22 answered to the spirit of man. The ark was the most all- inclusive type of Christ of any one of the vessels of the tabernacle. (See Scofield " Exodus 25:9 ") . When, therefore, the priests brought the ark into the court, the holy place, and the holy of holies, they were, in type, enthroning Christ over the body, with its powers and appetites; the soul, seat of the emotions and desires; and the mind, seat of the capacity to know and commune with God. See Scofield " Genesis 1:26 " note 3. In Christian experience this answers to; Romans 12:1-3 ; Ephesians 5:18 .

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 5

1  The dedicated treasures
2  The solemn induction of the ark into the oracle
11  God being praised, gives a visible sign of his favor

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 5:2 mean?

Then assembled Solomon - the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes chief the fathers of the sons of Israel in Jerusalem that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the City of David that [is] Zion
אָז֩ יַקְהֵ֨יל שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה אֶת־ זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְאֶת־ כָּל־ רָאשֵׁ֨י הַמַּטּ֜וֹת נְשִׂיאֵ֧י הָאָב֛וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־ יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם לְֽהַעֲל֞וֹת אֲר֧וֹן בְּרִית־ יְהוָ֛ה מֵעִ֥יר דָּוִ֖יד הִ֥יא צִיּֽוֹן

יַקְהֵ֨יל  assembled 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קָהַל  
Sense: to assemble, gather.
שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה  Solomon 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שְׁלֹמֹה  
Sense: son of David by Bathsheba and 3rd king of Israel; author of Proverbs and Song of Songs.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
זִקְנֵ֣י  the  elders 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural construct
Root: זָקֵן  
Sense: old.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
רָאשֵׁ֨י  the  heads 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
הַמַּטּ֜וֹת  of  the  tribes 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַטֶּה  
Sense: staff, branch, tribe.
נְשִׂיאֵ֧י  chief 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: נָשִׂיא 
Sense: one lifted up, chief, prince, captain, leader.
הָאָב֛וֹת  the  fathers 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
לִבְנֵ֥י  of  the  sons 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל  of  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.
יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם  Jerusalem 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ  
Sense: the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split.
לְֽהַעֲל֞וֹת  that  they  might  bring  up 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Hifil, Infinitive construct
Root: סָלַק 
Sense: to go up, ascend, climb.
אֲר֧וֹן  the  ark 
Parse: Noun, common singular construct
Root: אֲרֹון  
Sense: chest, ark.
בְּרִית־  of  the  covenant 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בְּרִית  
Sense: covenant, alliance, pledge.
יְהוָ֛ה  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מֵעִ֥יר  from  the  City 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.
דָּוִ֖יד  of  David 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּוִד  
Sense: youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel.
הִ֥יא  that  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, third person feminine singular
Root: הוּא 
Sense: he, she, it.
צִיּֽוֹן  Zion 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: צִיּׄון  
Sense: another name for Jerusalem especially in the prophetic books.