Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
2 Chronicles 5:4
The Levites.. the ark] The mention of 'the Levites' in this connexion is more in accordance with the requirements of the Law than the statement of 1 Kings 8:3 that the 'priests' took up the ark.
The Levites.. the ark] The mention of 'the Levites' in this connexion is more in accordance with the requirements of the Law than the statement of 1 Kings 8:3 that the 'priests' took up the ark.
THE LEVITES TOOK UP THE ARK - i. e., such of the Levites as were also priests (compare 2 Chronicles 5:7; 1 Kings 8:3)....
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...
THE LEVITES TOOT UP. These were the _bearers,_ but the priests (being Levites also) brought it into the house (as stated in 2 Chronicles 5:7 and 1 Kings 8:3). Hence, in 2 Chronicles 5:5 they are calle...
_the Levites took up the ark_ According to 1 Kings the, _priests_performed this duty. Cp. 1 Chronicles 15:2; 1 Chronicles 15:12-13. It is clear from these passages that the Chronicler believed that in...
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 ALL THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL CAME; AND THE LEVITES TOOK UP THE ARK._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
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
THE LEVITES. — Kings has _the priests;_ and so Syr. and Arab, here; but LXX. and Vulg., _Levites._ The latter term, as the tribal name, may of course be used to include the priests or Aaronites, as we...
וַ יָּבֹ֕אוּ כֹּ֖ל זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַ יּ
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...
_Levites, with the priests alternately; (3 Kings viii. 2.) or the latter were all Levites, (Calmet) though higher in dignity, in the same manner as our bishops are priests._...
So would I take Jesus in the arms of my faith, and all that appertains to him, and, like holy Simeon, desire to depart in peace, having seen his salvation....
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....
_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 all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites, priests of the tribe of Levi, TOOK UP THE ARK....
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...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 5:4 elders H2205 Israel H3478 came H935 (H8799) Levites H3881 up H5375 (H8799) ark H727...
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...
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 Chronicles 15:12; 1 Chronicles 15:2; 1 Kings 8:3; Joshua 3:6; J