Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'ark' occurs 235 times in the standard works.

178 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'ark' in the standard works and contain 75.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 81 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 4:17-5:11 (17 in 17 verses)

1 Sam. 4:21-6:3 (17 in 17 verses)

2 Sam. 6:2-13 (12 in 12 verses)


2 Chr. 5:2-10 (10 in 9 verses)

 5:2 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.

 5:3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.

 5:4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.

 5:5 And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up.

 5:6 Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

 5:7 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:

 5:8 For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

 5:9 And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.

 5:10 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.




Josh. 6:4-13 (10 in 10 verses)

1 Chr. 15:23-16:1 (9 in 8 verses)

Gen. 6:14-19 (7 in 6 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:1-7 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Kgs. 8:3-9 (7 in 7 verses)

1 Sam. 6:18-7:2 (6 in 6 verses)

Ex. 40:20-21 (5 in 2 verses)

1 Sam. 4:3-6 (5 in 4 verses)

Josh. 3:11-15 (5 in 5 verses)

Josh. 3:13-17 (5 in 5 verses)

Ex. 25:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 15:1-3 (4 in 3 verses)

Gen. 8:9-10 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 25:21-22 (3 in 2 verses)

2 Sam. 15:24-25 (3 in 2 verses)

Ex. 40:3-5 (3 in 3 verses)

Deut. 10:1-3 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 3:6-8 (3 in 3 verses)

Josh. 4:9-11 (3 in 3 verses)

2 Sam. 6:15-17 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 13:5-7 (3 in 3 verses)

1 Chr. 13:12-14 (3 in 3 verses)

Ex. 37:5 (2 in 1 verse)

Josh. 8:33 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Sam. 14:18 (2 in 1 verse)

1 Chr. 16:37 (2 in 1 verse)

Gen. 7:17-18 (2 in 2 verses)

Ex. 26:33-34 (2 in 2 verses)

Deut. 31:25-26 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 13:9-10 (2 in 2 verses)

1 Chr. 15:14-15 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 224 457 681
Gen. 26 20 46
Ex. 28 24 52
Lev. 1 11 12
Num. 6 4 10
Deut. 8 35 43
Josh. 30 9 39
Judg. 1 11 12
Ruth 0 1 1
1 Sam. 40 16 56
2 Sam. 21 8 29
1 Kgs. 12 15 27
2 Kgs. 0 9 9
1 Chr. 34 1 35
2 Chr. 15 15 30
Ezra 0 2 2
Neh. 0 7 7
Esth. 0 1 1
Job 0 58 58
Ps. 1 39 40
Prov. 0 13 13
Eccl. 0 9 9
Song. 0 1 1
Isa. 0 46 46
Jer. 1 49 50
Lam. 0 3 3
Ezek. 0 20 20
Dan. 0 4 4
Hosea 0 2 2
Joel 0 6 6
Amos 0 6 6
Micah 0 4 4
Nahum 0 1 1
Zeph. 0 2 2
Zech. 0 4 4
Mal. 0 1 1
NT 6 102 108
BM 1 229 230
DC 2 132 134
PGP 2 42 44
TOTAL 235 962 1197

2 Chr. 1:4
But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

2 Chr. 5:2
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.

2 Chr. 5:4
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.

2 Chr. 5:5
And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up.

2 Chr. 5:6
Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

2 Chr. 5:7
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:

2 Chr. 5:8
For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

2 Chr. 5:9
And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.

2 Chr. 5:10
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

2 Chr. 6:1
Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

2 Chr. 6:11
And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, that he made with the children of Israel.

2 Chr. 6:19
Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:

2 Chr. 6:20
That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.

2 Chr. 6:21
Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

2 Chr. 6:41
Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

2 Chr. 8:11
And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the Lord hath come.

2 Chr. 10:15
So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the Lord might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

2 Chr. 10:16
And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.

2 Chr. 16:4
And Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali.

2 Chr. 18:27
And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the Lord spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people.

2 Chr. 20:15
And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

2 Chr. 24:17
Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.

2 Chr. 25:16
And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.

2 Chr. 26:15
And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong.

2 Chr. 30:20
And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

2 Chr. 33:10
And the Lord spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.

2 Chr. 35:3
And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the Lord, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the Lord your God, and his people Israel,

2 Chr. 35:22
Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.