3 Kings 8:3
And all the ancients of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Veneruntque cuncti senes de Israël, et tulerunt arcam sacerdotes,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἦραν οἱ ἱερεῖς τὴν κιβωτὸν
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיָּבֹ֕אוּ כֹּ֖ל זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים אֶת הָאָרֽוֹן
Haydock's commentary
Priests, who were also Levites, as it is expressed in 2 Paralipomenon v. 4. Perhaps the ark was uncovered, (Calmet) as the Caathites carried it when folded up. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.