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1 Chronicles 15:3

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And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
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  1. 1 Chronicles 13:5Rank 1 from verse 3
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    5So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim.

  2. 1 Kings 8:1Rank 2 from verse 3
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    1THEN Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.

  3. 1 Chronicles 15:1Rank 3 from verse 3
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    1AND David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

  4. 2 Samuel 6:12Rank 4 from verse 3
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    12¶ And it was told king David, saying, The Lord hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness.

  5. 2 Samuel 6:17Rank 5 from verse 3
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    17¶ And they brought in the ark of the Lord, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord.

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1 Chronicles 15:3

COMBINED MEANING

gathered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gather, meaning to collect, bring together, or assemble.

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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ark

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1. The sacred chest called the ark of God, the testimony, or the covenant, made for Israel and set in the tabernacle or temple; the ark of God's testament is also seen in the heavenly temple. 2. The great vessel built by Noah in which his household and living creatures were preserved through the flood. 3. The small covered vessel of bulrushes in which the infant Moses was laid.

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place

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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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2Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

3And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

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4And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:

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