2 Samuel 15:24

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Behold, Zadok was there too, and with him were all the Levites carrying the Ark of the Covenant of God. They set down the Ark of God, and Abiathar went up until all the people had finished crossing out of the city.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And behold, Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had passed out of the city.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And, lo, Zadok{H6659} also [came], and all the Levites{H3881} with him, bearing{H5375} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of God;{H430} and they set down{H3332} the ark{H727} of God;{H430} and Abiathar{H54} went up,{H5927} until all the people{H5971} had done{H8552} passing{H5674} out of the city.{H5892}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And lo Zadok{H6659} also, and all the Levites{H3881} were with him, bearing{H5375}{(H8802)} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of God{H430}: and they set down{H3332}{(H8686)} the ark{H727} of God{H430}; and Abiathar{H54} went up{H5927}{(H8799)}, until all the people{H5971} had done{H8552}{(H8800)} passing{H5674}{(H8800)} out of the city{H5892}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And beholde, Sadoc was there also, and all the Leuites that were with them, & they bare ye Arke of the couenuat of God, and set it there. And Abiathar wente vp, tyll all the people came out of the cite.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And lo, Zadok also was there, and all the Leuites with him, bearing the Arke of the couenant of God: and they set downe the Arke of God, and Abiathar went vp vntill the people were all come out of the citie.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And lo Sadoc also and all the Leuites were with him, & bare the arke of the appoyntment of God, and they set downe the arke of God, and Abiathar went vp, vntill the people were all come ouer, out of the citie.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites [were] with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Behold, Zadok also [came], and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and lo, also Zadok, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God, and they make the ark of God firm, and Abiathar goeth up, till the completion of all the people to pass over out of the city.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And, lo, Zadok also `came', and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And, lo, Zadok also [came], and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Then Zadok came, and Abiathar, and with them the ark of God's agreement: and they put down the ark of God, till all the people from the town had gone by.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God; and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people finished passing out of the city.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Zadok and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. When they positioned the ark of God, Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving the city.

Referenced Verses

  • Num 4:15 : 15 When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all its furnishings as the camp sets out, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the tasks of the sons of Kohath regarding the tent of meeting.
  • 2 Sam 8:17 : 17 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was the scribe.
  • 2 Sam 20:25 : 25 Sheva served as the scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests.
  • 1 Sam 22:20 : 20 But one son of Ahimelech, son of Ahitub, escaped and fled to David. His name was Abiathar.
  • 2 Sam 6:13 : 13 When those carrying the ark of the LORD had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.
  • 2 Sam 15:27 : 27 The king also said to Zadok the priest, 'Do you not see? Go back to the city in peace, with your son Ahimaaz and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar, your two sons with you.'
  • 2 Sam 15:35 : 35 'Aren’t Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you? Whatever you hear in the king’s palace, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.'
  • 1 Kgs 1:8 : 8 But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David’s mighty men did not side with Adonijah.
  • 1 Kgs 2:35 : 35 The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab’s place, and Zadok the priest in place of Abiathar.
  • 1 Kgs 4:2-4 : 2 These were the officials beside him: Azariah, son of Zadok, the priest. 3 Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat, son of Ahilud, was the recorder. 4 Benaiah, son of Jehoiada, was in charge of the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests.
  • 1 Chr 6:8-9 : 8 His son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph, and his son Assir. 9 His son Tahath, his son Uriel, his son Uzziah, and his son Shaul. 10 The sons of Elkanah were Amasai and Ahimoth. 11 Elkanah was his son, and his sons were Zophai, his son Nahath. 12 His son Eliab, his son Jeroham, his son Elkanah.
  • 1 Chr 15:2 : 2 Then David said, "The ark of God must not be carried by anyone but the Levites, for the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever."
  • Ezek 48:11 : 11 It shall be for the consecrated priests of the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary and did not go astray when the Israelites and the Levites did.
  • Num 7:9 : 9 But to the sons of Kohath, he did not give anything because their service involved carrying the holy objects on their shoulders.
  • Josh 3:3 : 3 and they commanded the people, saying, 'When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your place and follow it.
  • Josh 3:6 : 6 Joshua told the priests, 'Take up the ark of the covenant and go ahead of the people.' So they took up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people.
  • Josh 3:15-17 : 15 Now as the priests who carried the ark came to the Jordan, and their feet touched the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks during the harvest season), 16 the water flowing down from upstream stood still. It rose up in a heap a great distance away, at a town called Adam near Zarethan. Meanwhile, the water flowing down to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off, and the people crossed opposite Jericho. 17 The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed on dry ground until the entire nation had finished crossing the Jordan.
  • Josh 4:16-18 : 16 “Command the priests carrying the ark of the testimony to come up from the Jordan.” 17 So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, “Come up from the Jordan.” 18 When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up from the middle of the Jordan, and their feet touched dry ground, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and flowed over all its banks as they had before.
  • Josh 6:4 : 4 Have seven priests carry seven ram’s horn trumpets in front of the ark. On the seventh day, march around the city seven times, and the priests are to blow the trumpets.
  • Josh 6:6 : 6 So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said to them, 'Take up the Ark of the Covenant, and have seven priests carry seven trumpets before it.'
  • 1 Sam 4:3-5 : 3 When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel said, 'Why has the Lord allowed us to be defeated today by the Philistines? Let us fetch the Ark of the Covenant from Shiloh so it can come among us and deliver us from the power of our enemies.' 4 So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim. Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, accompanied the Ark of the Covenant of God. 5 When the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord arrived at the camp, all Israel shouted with such a great shout that the ground shook.
  • 1 Sam 4:11 : 11 The Ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Sam 15:27-30
    4 verses
    86%

    27 The king also said to Zadok the priest, 'Do you not see? Go back to the city in peace, with your son Ahimaaz and Jonathan, the son of Abiathar, your two sons with you.'

    28 'Look, I will wait in the wilderness plains until I receive a message from you to tell me what to do.'

    29 So Zadok and Abiathar took the Ark of God back to Jerusalem and stayed there.

    30 David continued up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went. His head was covered, and he was walking barefoot. All the people with him also covered their heads and were weeping as they went up.

  • 2 Sam 15:25
    80%

    25 Then the king said to Zadok, 'Take the Ark of God back to the city. If I find favor in the LORD’s eyes, He will bring me back and let me see it and its dwelling place again.'

  • 2 Sam 15:22-23
    2 verses
    78%

    22 David said to Ittai, 'Go ahead, cross over.' So Ittai the Gittite and all his men and their families crossed over with him.

    23 The whole countryside wept aloud as the king and all the people passed by. They crossed the Kidron Valley, and the people moved on toward the wilderness.

  • 2 Chr 5:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4 When all the elders of Israel arrived, the Levites lifted the ark.

    5 They brought up the Ark, the tent of meeting, and all the holy items that were in the tent. The priests and Levites carried them.

  • 1 Chr 15:24-28
    5 verses
    76%

    24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—blew the trumpets before the ark of God, and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were also gatekeepers for the ark.

    25 So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of the thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-Edom with rejoicing.

    26 And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

    27 David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, the singers, and Chenaniah, the leader of singing. David also wore a linen ephod.

    28 So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouts of joy, the sound of the ram's horn, trumpets, cymbals, and the music of harps and lyres.

  • 1 Kgs 8:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3 When all the elders of Israel arrived, the priests carried the Ark.

    4 The priests and Levites brought up the Ark of the LORD, the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent.

  • 2 Sam 6:2-4
    3 verses
    74%

    2 David set out with all the people who were with him from Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name, the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned above the cherubim.

    3 They placed the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart.

    4 They carried the ark of God out of Abinadab’s house, which was on the hill, and Ahio walked in front of the ark.

  • 1 Chr 13:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 David and all Israel went up to Baalah, to Kiriath-jearim in Judah, to bring up the ark of God, the LORD who is enthroned above the cherubim, where His Name is called.

    7 They placed the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out from the house of Abinadab, with Uzza and Ahio guiding the cart.

  • 1 Chr 15:1-4
    4 verses
    73%

    1 David built houses for himself in the City of David, prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.

    2 Then David said, "The ark of God must not be carried by anyone but the Levites, for the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever."

    3 David gathered all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.

    4 He also assembled the descendants of Aaron and the Levites.

  • Josh 4:10-11
    2 verses
    73%

    10 The priests carrying the ark stood in the middle of the Jordan until everything was completed that the LORD commanded Joshua to tell the people, just as Moses had instructed Joshua. The people hurried and crossed over.

    11 When all the people had completed crossing, the ark of the LORD and the priests also crossed over, in the sight of the people.

  • Josh 3:14
    73%

    14 So when the people set out from their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them.

  • 1 Chr 15:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14 So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves in order to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.

    15 The Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD.

  • 2 Chr 5:2
    72%

    2 Then Solomon gathered the elders of Israel, the leaders of the tribes, and the chiefs of the ancestral families of the Israelites in Jerusalem to bring up the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD from the City of David, which is Zion.

  • 1 Sam 7:1
    72%

    1 The men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the Ark of the LORD. They brought it to the house of Abinadab on the hill and consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the Ark of the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 2:26
    72%

    26 To Abiathar the priest, the king said, 'Go back to your fields in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but I will not put you to death today because you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David and because you shared in his hardships.'

  • 1 Chr 15:11-12
    2 verses
    72%

    11 David summoned Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, and the Levites: Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.

    12 He said to them, "You are the heads of the Levitical families. Consecrate yourselves, you and your relatives, so that you may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I prepared for it.

  • 2 Sam 6:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12 When King David was told, 'The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him because of the ark of God,' David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the City of David with rejoicing.

    13 When those carrying the ark of the LORD had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.

  • 2 Sam 15:35
    72%

    35 'Aren’t Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you? Whatever you hear in the king’s palace, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.'

  • Josh 3:3
    72%

    3 and they commanded the people, saying, 'When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your place and follow it.

  • 1 Sam 23:6
    71%

    6 Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he brought the ephod with him.

  • 2 Sam 19:11
    71%

    11 And Absalom, whom we anointed to rule over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?"

  • 2 Sam 6:10
    71%

    10 So David was not willing to bring the ark of the LORD to the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

  • 2 Chr 1:4
    71%

    4 But David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it in Jerusalem, where he had pitched a tent for it.

  • 1 Sam 14:18
    71%

    18 Saul said to Ahijah, 'Bring the ark of God here.' (At that time it was with the Israelites.)

  • 1 Chr 13:13
    71%

    13 So David did not move the ark to be with him in the City of David, but instead he directed it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

  • 1 Sam 4:13
    70%

    13 When he arrived, Eli was sitting on his seat by the side of the road, watching, for his heart trembled for the Ark of God. When the man entered the city to report the news, the entire city cried out.

  • 1 Chr 16:1
    70%

    1 They brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had set up for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

  • 1 Kgs 2:35
    70%

    35 The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada over the army in Joab’s place, and Zadok the priest in place of Abiathar.

  • 1 Chr 13:9
    70%

    9 When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzza reached out his hand to hold the ark, because the oxen had stumbled.

  • 1 Kgs 8:1
    70%

    1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, all the heads of the tribes, and the leaders of the ancestral houses of the Israelites, before him in Jerusalem to bring up the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD from the City of David, which is Zion.