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)

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)

 8:3 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

 8:4 And they brought up the ark of the Lord, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.

 8:5 And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

 8:6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.

 8:7 For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

 8:8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day.

 8:9 There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.




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

1 Kgs. 2:26
And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the Lord God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

1 Kgs. 3:15
And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.

1 Kgs. 6:19
And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

1 Kgs. 8:1
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 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.

1 Kgs. 8:3
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

1 Kgs. 8:4
And they brought up the ark of the Lord, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.

1 Kgs. 8:5
And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude.

1 Kgs. 8:6
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.

1 Kgs. 8:7
For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.

1 Kgs. 8:9
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

1 Kgs. 8:12
Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

1 Kgs. 8:21
And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

1 Kgs. 8:28
Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day:

1 Kgs. 8:29
That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.

1 Kgs. 8:30
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

1 Kgs. 8:52
That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.

1 Kgs. 11:38
And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee.

1 Kgs. 12:15
Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the Lord, that he might perform his saying, which the Lord spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

1 Kgs. 12:16
So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.

1 Kgs. 12:24
Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the Lord, and returned to depart, according to the word of the Lord.

1 Kgs. 15:20
So Ben-hadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali.

1 Kgs. 20:7
Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not.

1 Kgs. 20:8
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.

1 Kgs. 20:22
And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

1 Kgs. 20:25
And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so.

1 Kgs. 22:28
And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the Lord hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you.