John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 5:1-14
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2 Chronicles 5:1 Niv
John Gill
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 5:1
Brought in all the things - See the note on 1 Kings 7:51 . read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 5:1
The things that David … had dedicated ; literally, Hebrew, the holy things; i.e. the dedicate or set apart things of David. The temple-building, which had been commenced in Solomon's fourth year, had occupied seven years in construction ( 1 Kings 6:1 ), but another thirteen years in furnishing ( 1 Kings 9:1 , 1 Kings 9:2 ). The record of Chronicles is, of course, in some respects somewhat more sketchy than that of Kings; and the correct view of the chronology has in both writers to... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 5:1
Conclusion. "Thus all the work that Solomon made … was finished." Better is the end of some things than the beginning, though there are other things in which the beginning is better than the end. It is matters of achievement in which the end is so honourable and so desirable. I. IT IS GROUND FOR CONGRATULATION . We may congratulate ourselves and receive the felicitation of our friends that we have been spared long enough in health and strength; that we have had patience... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 5:1
(latter part ) . Dedication, permitted and desired. We have here— I. THE DEDICATION WHICH GOD PERMITTED . God did not allow David to build the temple, because he had been "a man of war, and had shed blood" ( 1 Chronicles 28:3 ); it was fitting that the house of the Lord, the "God of peace," should be built by a sovereign whose very name spoke of peace, and whose reign was pacific. But God permitted David to dedicate to the service of the temple the spoils he had taken... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 5:1-14
The first worship in the finished temple. The homiletic matter of this chapter may be said to be one. For we are, in fact, brought face to face with the central interest—the mystic presence, and veiled glory of the tabernacle or temple, in connection with the outer worship—the whole form of the outer worship of the Church visible of God's ancient people. This central interest means the ark—the ark of the covenant; the ark, with its two Divine autograph tables of stone; the ark, with... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 5:1-14
The dedication of the temple: 1. The bringing-in of the ark. I. THE PREPARATION FOR THE CEREMONY . ( 2 Chronicles 5:1-4 .) 1 . The completion of the temple furniture. The manufacture of the various articles having been described in the preceding chapter, it is here briefly recorded that the whole work which Solomon made for the house of the Lord was finished—a happy illustration of the proverb, "Better is the end of a thing," etc. ( Ecclesiastes 7:8 ). The work,... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 5:1
This chapter contains one important addition only to the narrative of Kings (see the marginal references); namely, the account of the circumstances under which the manifestation of the Divine Presence took place 2 Chronicles 5:11-13. read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 5:1-10
This agrees with what we had 1 Kgs. 8:2-10, where an account was given of the solemn introduction of the ark into the new-erected temple. 1. There needed no great solemnity for the bringing in of the dedicated things, 2 Chron. 5:1. They added to the wealth, and perhaps were so disposed as to add to the beauty of it; but they could not add to the holiness, for it was the temple that sanctified the gold, Matt. 23:17. See how just Solomon was both to God and to his father. Whatever David had... read more