The Levites . So see Numbers 4:15 , Numbers 4:19 , Numbers 4:20 , which, with our Numbers 4:5 , Numbers 4:7 , throw this statement into sufficient harmony with that of the parallel ( 1 Kings 8:3 ), which purports to say that the priests only, unaided by the Kohathite Levites, performed the service. read more
In the parallel ( 1 Kings 8:4 ), the "and" in the last line of this verse does not need the italic type, but is found in the Hebrew text, confirming our version of 2 Chronicles 5:4 foregoing. The tabernacle of the congregation; or, tent of meeting, designs hero the tabernacle of Moses from Gibeon, and not the tent of Mount Zion ( 2 Samuel 6:17 ). This tabernacle, then, and these holy vessels all, are carried into the new temple, as venerated relics and sacred mementoes of a... read more
King Solomon and all the congregation … sacrificed; i.e; of course, with the intervention of their priests. read more
The wings of the cherubim (see 2 Chronicles 3:10 ). Their situation was by the west wall of the oracle ( 1 Kings 6:16 ). read more
They drew out ; i.e. the staves projected. A similar intransitive occurs in Exodus 20:12 . Were seen from the ark . The words, "from the ark," are here probably by misposition, and should follow the words, the staves projected ; while the parallel tells us what should be in their place here, namely, "from the holy place" ( 1 Kings 8:8 ). The confusion and omission will merely lie with some copyists, for five manuscripts show the words "from the holy place." There it is unto this... read more
Nothing in the ark save the two tables (see Deuteronomy 10:5 ; and Exodus 40:20 ; then Exodus 24:12 ; Exodus 25:16 ; Exodus 31:18 ; Exodus 32:19 ; Exodus 34:1 , Exodus 34:4 , Exodus 34:29 ; Exodus 40:20 ). The stones were therefore now, in Solomon's time, nearly four hundred and ninety years old. Why the "golden pot" and "Aaron's rod" ( Hebrews 9:4 ) were not there does not appear. The language of the Epistle is partially confirmed, at any rate in harmony with Exodus... read more
The Levites took up the ark - i. e., such of the Levites as were also priests (compare 2 Chronicles 5:7; 1 Kings 8:3). read more
From the ark - Or, according to a different reading here and according to 1 Kings 8:8, some read, “the ends of the staves were seen from the Holy place.”There it is unto this day - This should be corrected as in the margin. read more
A.M. 2999. B.C. 1005. Solomon brings the dedicated treasures into the house, and the ark into the sanctuary, 2 Chronicles 5:1-10 . While the priests and Levites sing praise, the glory of God fills the house, 2 Chronicles 5:11-14 . NOTES ON CHAPTER 5. 2 Chronicles 5:1-2. Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated What remained of the things that David had provided, Solomon would not employ to his own use, but laid them up in the treasures of the temple. And... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 5:3
In the feast which … in the seventh month ; i.e. the Feast of Tabernacles. This commenced on the fifteenth of the seventh month, named Ethanim (see 1 Kings 8:2 ). With this the festivals of the sacred year closed. read more