1045 BC · United Kingdom

The ark brought to Jerusalem

With gladness, sacrifice, and dancing, David brought the ark of the covenant up to the city of David (2 Samuel 6:12-15), in 1045 BC per the Ussher record.

📖 2 Sam 6:1–3

1David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all. 2And he and all his troops set out for 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 between the cherubim that are on it. 3They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart,

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Sources: Ussher, Annals of the World (dataset)
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