Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Chronicles 5:9
When this history was first written: not when it was reviewed by Ezra, who made some additions to it; for after the return from Babylon neither staves nor ark were any more seen or heard of.
When this history was first written: not when it was reviewed by Ezra, who made some additions to it; for after the return from Babylon neither staves nor ark were any more seen or heard of.
Verse 2 Chronicles 5:9. _THEY DREW OUT THE STAVES_] As the ark was no longer to be carried about, these were unnecessary....
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 co...
3. THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE CHAPTER 5 The Ark Brought in the Temple _ 1. The completion of the temple (2 Chronicles 5:1)_ 2. The assembly called by Solomon (2 Chronicles 5:2) 3. The ark carrie...
2 Chronicles 5:2 to 2 Chronicles 7:10. THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE (see notes on 1 Kings 8). The chief points of difference between the Chronicler's account and 1 Kings 8 are: (_a_) that in 2 Chronic...
DREW OUT. Compare 1 Kings 8:8. UNTO THIS DAY. This is. copy of 1 Kings 8:6, or an addendum by Ezra; because it is not applicable to "the day" of the writer, as may be seen from 2Ch 36:22, 2 Chronicles...
_And they drew out the staves_of the ark] R.V. AND THE STAVES WERE SO LONG. _from the ark_ Read (with LXX. and 1 Kings 8:8) FROM THE HOLY PLACE. One standing in the holy place and looking towards the...
4. DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE (2 Chronicles 5:2 to 2 Chronicles 7:22) TEXT 2 Chronicles 5:2. Thus all the work that Solomon wrought for the house of Jehovah was finished. And Solomon brought in the thi
_AND THEY DREW OUT THE STAVES OF THE ARK, THAT THE ENDS OF THE STAVES WERE SEEN FROM THE ARK BEFORE THE ORACLE; BUT THEY WERE NOT SEEN WITHOUT. AND THERE IT IS UNTO THIS DAY._ There it is unto this d...
5:9 long, (e-5) Others, 'And they drew out the staves.' are (f-30) Lit. 'it is.'...
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, retains the expression of the original writer, who lived before...
THE REMOVAL OF THE ARK TO THE TEMPLE This chapter is a repetition of 1 Kings 8:1, with additional particulars respecting the descent of the glory of the Lord....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE SOLOMON RULES *ISRAEL 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 5 SOLOMON BRINGS THE *ARK INTO THE *TEMPLE – 2 CHRONICLES 5:1-10 v
AND THEY DREW OUT... WERE SEEN. — Rather, _And the staves were so long that the tips of the staves were seen._ &c. FROM THE ARK. — 1 Kings 8:8, “from the Holy Place.” So the LXX. and four Hebrew MSS....
וַֽ יַּאֲרִיכוּ֮ הַ בַּדִּים֒ וַ יֵּרָאוּ֩ רָ
SOLOMON THE chronicler's history of Solomon is constructed on the same principles as that of David, and for similar reasons. The builder of the first Temple commanded the grateful reverence of a comm...
Construction being completed, the happy and solemn ceremony of dedication by the people and consecration by God followed immediately. With awe-inspiring dignity the Ark of God was carried to its resti...
_Oracle, pushing out the veil, (Haydock) in the tabernacle of Moses, but not in the temple, which was of larger dimensions. (Calmet) --- But if. Hebrew, "but they were not seen without. And there it i...
That the ark was in the temple unto this day, means somewhat more, than the mere literal sense. Most probably Ezra wrote this book of the Chronicles; at which time Solomon's temple was destroyed. I ra...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 7. Thus Solomon having prayed, and entreated Jehovah that His eyes should be open, and His ears attent to the prayers that should be offered to Him...
2 Chronicles 5:1....
And they drew out the staves [of the ark], that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day. Ver. 9. _And there it i...
_A.M. 2999. B.C. 1005._ Solomon brings the dedicated treasures into the house, and the ark into the sanctuary, 2 Chronicles 5:1. _While the priests and Levites sing praise, the glory of God fills the...
1 The dedicated treasures. 2 The solemne induction of the Arke into the oracle. 11 God being praised, giueth a visible signe of his fauour. 1 THUS al the worke that Solomon made for the house of the...
And they drew out the staves of the ark, those inserted in rings at its corners to carry it with, THAT THE ENDS OF THE STAVES WERE SEEN FROM THE ARK BEFORE THE ORACLE; BUT THEY WERE NOT SEEN WITHOUT,...
THE ARK BROUGHT TO THE MOST HOLY PLACE...
DAVID'S PROVISIONS PUT IN THE TEMPLE (v.1) The work of building being completed, Solomon also brought into the temple the things that David had collected and dedicated to the Lord, silver and gold...
IT IS UNTO: Or, they are there...
1-10 The ark was a type of Christ, and, as such, a token of the presence of God. That gracious promise, Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world, does, in effect, bring the ark into ou...
2 Chronicles 5:9 poles H905 extended H748 (H8686) ends H7218 poles H905 ark H727 seen H7200 (H8735) front...
CONTENTS: The ark brought in. The glory fills the house. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: When God's work is carried out according to His revealed will and done in the spirit of unity with prai...
2 Chronicles 5:10. _Nothing in the ark save the two tables._ We hear nothing now of the golden pot of manna, nor of Aaron's rod which budded. See note on 1 Kings 8:9. 2 Chronicles 5:13. When they lift...
_To bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord._ THE REMOVAL OF THE ARK I. The time of its removal. 1. Remarkable in itself. The building finished in November was not dedicated until the October...
2 CHRONICLES 5:2 The Dedication of the Temple. The Chronicler’s account of the dedication of the temple is much longer than his description of its construction (77 verses compared to 40), since he is...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 5:7 The PRIESTS completed the transfer of the ark, since only they could enter the MOST HOLY PLACE. When the Chronicler said that the ark was there
CRITICAL NOTES.] Removal of the ark (2 Chronicles 5:1) is followed by visible token of God’s favour (2 Chronicles 5:11) (_cf._ 1 Kings 8:1), an addition to narrative in Kings, is the account of the ci...
EXPOSITION The first verse of this chapter would have stood more fitly as the last verse of the previous chapter. The narrative, that began with the preparations for building the temple (2 Chronicles...
And all of the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instr...
1 Kings 8:8; 1 Kings 8:9...
To this day — When this history was first written; not when it was reviewed by Ezra: for after the return from Babylon, neither staves nor ark were any more seen....