In 2 Chronicles 5:4, ““the Levites” took up the ark;” and by the Law the ark was the special charge of the Kohathites Numbers 3:31; Numbers 4:15. But all priests were Levites Joshua 3:3, though all Levites were not priests. And as Joshua had done Joshua 3:6; Joshua 6:6, so Solomon called upon the priests to bear the holy structure, allowing to mere Levites only the inferior honor of helping to transport the tabernacle and the vessels of the sanctuary.
CHAPTER 8THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE _ 1. The great assembly (1 Kings 8:1)_ 2. The transportation of the ark (1 Kings 8:3) 3. The glory of the LORD filling the house (1 Kings 8:10) 4. Solomon's o...
SOLOMON'S DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE, PRAYER AND ADDRESS. This chapter is mainly Deuteronomic, being clearly written from the standpoint of one who has seen the Temple as the one national sanctuary of I...
TOOK UP. As commanded in Numbers 4:5; Numbers 4:15; Numbers 4:19....
_all the elders_ The other representative persons mentioned in 1 Kings 8:1 are all no doubt to be included in this phrase. _the priests took up the ark_ This duty was usually performed by the Levites...
I. THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE 8:1-66 Because of its importance in the history of redemption, the sacred historian devotes considerable space to the dedication of Solomon's Temple. For centuries God...
_AND ALL THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL CAME, AND THE PRIESTS TOOK UP THE ARK._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
THE FLOOD (CONTINUED) 4. The mountains of Ararat] Ararat is the Assyrian 'Urardhu,' the country round Lake Van, in what is now called Armenia; but the word also signifies 'highlands,' and perhaps it...
THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE. SOLOMON'S PRAYER 1. The chief of the fathers] i.e. heads of families. OUT OF THE CITY] The Temple and Palace were built on the site of Araunah's threshing floor (2 Chroni...
THE PRIESTS] 2 Chronicles 5:4 has 'the Levites,' certain of whom (the Kohathites) had, according to Numbers 4:15, the special duty of bearing the ark. But the priests are likewise represented as beari...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 8 THE CEREMONY AT THE OPENING OF THE *TEMPLE V1 King Solomon called the leaders of the *tribes and the families in *Israel together. The...
THE PRIESTS TOOK UP THE ARK. — To bear the ark on its journeys was properly the duty of the Levites of the family of Kohath (Numbers 3:31; Numbers 4:5); but to bring it out of the Holy of Holies (or,...
וַ יָּבֹ֕אוּ כֹּ֖ל זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַ יּ
THE TEMPLE WORSHIP 1 Kings 8:1 "Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, are these. Behold, ye trust m lying words, that cannot pr...
THE GRADUAL GROWTH OF THE LEVITIC RITUAL 1 Kings 8:1 "Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice." - 1 Samuel 15:22 BEFORE we enter on the subject of the Temple worship, it is necessary to emphasize...
THE TEMPLE FILLED WITH GLORY 1 Kings 8:1 When the Temple was finished it was dedicated in connection with the Feast of Tabernacles. All Israel in its most festive attire welcomed the Ark to its resti...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
The Temple being finished, the great ceremony of dedication commenced. The permanent link between Tabernacle and Temple was the Ark of the Covenant. With great care and impressive ceremony, they had c...
_Priests, who were also Levites, as it is expressed in 2 Paralipomenon v. 4. Perhaps the ark was uncovered, (Calmet) as the Caathites carried it when folded up. (Haydock)_...
(3) And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. (4) And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the t...
The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people desi...
The circumstances which revealed the character of this rest were remarkable. The staves, with which the priests had borne the ark, were now the memorial of their journeys with God, who, in His faithfu...
AND ALL THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL CAME,.... To Zion, the city of David: AND THE PRIESTS TOOK UP THE ARK; from thence; in 2 Chronicles 5:4 it is said the Levites did it, whose business it was, Deuteronomy...
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. Ver. 3. _And all the elders of Israel came._] Heads of tribes, and fathers of families: bringing with them multitudes of common peo...
_The priests took up the ark_ The ark had been carried by the priests three times before this; when they went over Jordan; when they encompassed the walls of Jericho; and when David sent it back by Za...
1 The feast of the dedication of the Temple. 12 and 54 Solomons blessing. 22 Solomons prayer. 62 His sacrifice of peace offrings. 1 THEN [NOTE: 2 Chronicles 5:2.] Solomon assembled the Elders of...
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark, the bearing of which was their special work, Numbers 4:15....
The Ceremony Of Dedication...
THE ARK AND TABERNACLE FURNITURE (vs.1-13) The temple being completed, there was one matter of importance remaining. Thus, for the bringing of the ark to the temple Solomon assembled the elders of Is...
1-11 The bringing in the ark, is the end which must crown the work: this was done with great solemnity. The ark was fixed in the place appointed for its rest in the inner part of the house, whence th...
For although the Levites might do this, NUMBERS 4:15, yet the priests did it at this time, partly for the greater honour of the solemnity, and partly because the Levites might not enter into the holy...
1 Kings 8:3 elders H2205 Israel H3478 came H935 (H8799) priests H3548 up H5375 (H8799) ark H727 the pries
THE BRINGING OF THE ARK INTO THE TEMPLE AND THE MANIFESTATION OF GOD'S PRESENCE (1 KINGS 8:1). The moment for which Solomon had waited had eventually arrived. The Temple itself was now fully completed...
CONTENTS: Ark brought in; Skekinah glory fills the temple. Solomon's sermon. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: All cost and pains are lost on stately structures unless God has been in the work,...
1 Kings 8:1. _Solomon assembled the elders,_ after twenty years' labour. That is, in the fourth year of his reign he began to build the temple; in seven years and a half more he finished and dedicated...
_Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel._ A ROYAL PRIEST It is remarkable in connection with the dedication of the temple how the leading part was taken throughout by King Solomon. One would hav...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 8:1 The ark of the covenant of God was the great symbol of the Lord’s presence with his people and the place where the tablets of the law were kept (Exodus 25:10;...
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;...
THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— In the Vatican Sept. this chapter commences: AND IT CAME TO PASS WHEN SOLOMON HAD MADE AN END OF BUILDING THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND HIS...
EXPOSITION THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE.—The stately and impressive service with which the Temple, the character and contents of which have now been described, was dedicated, is related in this chapt...
Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, and they brought the ark of the covenant into the temple, and as they did, the glory of the Lord came and filled the temple and...
1 Chronicles 15:11; 1 Chronicles 15:2; 2 Chronicles 5:5; Deuteronomy 31:9;...
The priests — For although the Levites might do this, Numbers 4:15, yet the priests did it at this time, for the greater honour of the solemnity; and because the Levites might not enter into the holy...