2 Chronicles 5:2-3 ASV

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 5:1-14

Construction of the temple (2:1-7:22)With the help of King Hiram of Tyre, Solomon prepared materials and arranged a workforce to build the planned temple (2:1-18; see notes on 1 Kings 5:1-18). Construction went on for seven years, until the temple, its furniture, its courtyard, and all other articles and decorations connected with it were completed according to plan (3:1-5:1; see notes on 1 Kings 6:1-7:51). The temple was then dedicated to God (5:2-7:22; see notes on 1 Kings 8:1-9:9). read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 5:2

Then Solomon. Compare 1 Kings 8:1-11 . children = sons. the ark. See notes on 1 Chronicles 13:3 and Exodus 25:22 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 5:3

the feast: i.e. the Feast of Tabernacles (Leviticus 23:33 , &c). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 5:2

THE ARK BROUGHT INTO THE HOLY OF HOLIES"Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' houses of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion. And all the children of Israel assembled themselves unto the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month. And all the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took up the ark; and they brought up the ark, and... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Chronicles 5:3

2 Chronicles 5:3. Unto the king in the feast, &c.— Unto the king on the feast day, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. Houbigant. See 1 Kings 8:2. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 5:2

2, 3. Then Solomon assembled . . . in the feast which was in the seventh month—The feast of the dedication of the temple was on the eighth day of that month. This is related, word for word, the same as in :-. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 5:2-10

C. The Dedication of the Temple 5:2-7:10The dedication ceremony consisted of four parts: the installation of the ark, Solomon’s address to the people, Solomon’s prayer, and the celebration of the people."There can be little doubt that this ceremony, together with God’s response which immediately follows it, marks one of the major climaxes in the Chronicler’s presentation." [Note: H. G. M. Williamson, 1 and 2 Chronicles, p. 213.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 5:2-14

1. The installation of the ark 5:2-14Solomon dedicated the temple during the Feast of Tabernacles (2 Chronicles 5:3). The priests brought the ark and the utensils, that had been in the tent David had pitched for the ark, into the temple. The temple site was north of, and higher than, the "city of David" where the Jerusalemites lived. Sacrifices of worship accompanied the installation. The descent of the cloud (shekinah) signified that God’s presence now abode in the most holy place in a... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 5:1-14

The removal of the Ark to the TempleThis chapter is a repetition of 1 Kings 8:1-9, with additional particulars respecting the descent of the glory of the Lord.4. The Levites.. the ark] The mention of ’the Levites’ in this connexion is more in accordance with the requirements of the Law than the statement of 1 Kings 8:3 that the ’priests’ took up the ark.9. From the ark] better (as in the LXX) ’from the Holy Place’: cp. 1 Kings 8:8. Unto this day] The Chronicler, like the compiler of Kings,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 5:2

(2) The chief of the fathers.—Rather, the chiefs of the clans (father-houses). Vulg., “capita familiarum;” LXX., τοὺς ἠγουμένους πατριῶν.Elders . . . heads.—Or, sheikhs . . . ameers.Zion.—Syr. and Arab., Hebron.In the feast which was in the seventh month.—Heb., in the feast; that (is) the seventh month. The words “in the month of Ethanim” (Kings) have been accidentally omitted before the expression rendered “in the feast.” The Authorised version suggests another mode of emending the text.... read more