Daniel Whedon 3. The priests took up the ark According to the requirements of the law, (Numbers 4:15; Deuteronomy 31:9,) and not as David carelessly attempted to do. Compare 2 Samuel 6:3; 1 Chronicles 15:13. The parallel passage in Chronicles says that “the Levites took up the ark,” but that is no contradiction of this verse, for all priests were Levites, though all Levites were not priests. Priests bore the ark across the Jordan and around Jericho. Joshua 3:6; Joshua 6:6. Click image for full-size... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 8:3
3. The priests took up the ark According to the requirements of the law, (Numbers 4:15; Deuteronomy 31:9,) and not as David carelessly attempted to do. Compare 2 Samuel 6:3; 1 Chronicles 15:13. The parallel passage in Chronicles says that “the Levites took up the ark,” but that is no contradiction of this verse, for all priests were Levites, though all Levites were not priests. Priests bore the ark across the Jordan and around Jericho. Joshua 3:6; Joshua 6:6. Click image for full-size... read more