1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 Kings 8:3 the priests took up the ark. The ark had remained in a tent sanctuary somewhere in the old city of David (2 Samuel 6:16; 2 Samuel 7:2; 1 Kings 3:15). Only priests could have taken it right into the inner sanctuary of the temple. Moving the ark, along with the tent of meeting (that is, the tabernacle), symbolized moving the “name” of the Lord to a more permanent dwelling (see 2 Samuel 7:6).

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