Psalms 78:60 - Exposition

So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh. The "tabernacle of the congregation" was first set up under Joshua ( Joshua 18:1-28 .) at Shiloh, a city of Ephraim, and here the national sanctuary continued throughout the period of the Judges ( 18:31 ; 21:19 ; 1 Samuel 1:3 , 1 Samuel 1:24 ; 1 Samuel 2:14 ; 1 Samuel 3:21 ; 1 Samuel 4:4 , etc.). God was regarded as having "forsaken" this sanctuary, when he allowed the ark of the covenant, its chief treasure, to be taken ( 1 Samuel 4:11-22 ). Subsequently, but at what exact time is unknown, the tabernacle was removed from Shiloh to Nob ( 1 Samuel 21:1 ), and later on to Gibson ( 1 Kings 3:4 ). The tent which he pitched among men .