V. (1) THUS. — _And._ This verse is identical with 1 Kings 7:51. (The chronicler has made three slight corrections of the older text.) BROUGHT IN ALL THE THINGS... DEDICATED. — _Brought in the holy_ (or _hallowed_)_ things of David his father._ (Comp. 1 Chronicles 18:11; 1 Chronicles 26:26.) THE... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS. — Rather, _the chiefs of the clans_ (_father-houses_). Vulg., “capita familiarum;” LXX., τοὺς ἠγουμένους πατριῶν. ELDERS... HEADS. — Or, _sheikhs... ameers._ ZION. — Syr. and Arab., _Hebron._ IN THE FEAST WHICH WAS IN THE SEVENTH MONTH. — Heb., _in the feast; that_ (_i... [ Continue Reading ]
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 well as their inferior brethren. 2 Chronicles 5:7 shows that the priests are intended here.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE DID THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES BRING UP. — Heb., _the priests the Levites_ (which some explain “the Levitical priests,” as in Joshua 3:3) _brought them up._ But some Hebrew MSS. LXX., and Syriac, read “the priests _and_ the Levites;” Arab., “the Levites _and_ the priests;” and Vulg., “the pri... [ Continue Reading ]
ASSEMBLED. — (_Nô‘ad, to meet at an appointed time and place,_ Exodus 25:22). Not the same word as in 2 Chronicles 5:2 (_qâhal_)_,_ of which the root meaning is probably _to call together._ BEFORE THE ARK. — By the omission of a single Hebrew word [’_ittô_] before this phrase, the whole form of the... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE CHERUBIMS SPREAD FORTH THEIR WINGS. — Rather, _And the cherubim were spreading forth wings._ Kings has _for_ (_kî_); making the sentence an explanation of the last clause of 2 Chronicles 5:7. COVERED. — Kings has the technical term for the cherubim “covering” the ark (Exodus 25:20; 1 Chroni... [ Continue Reading ]
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. The priests in the great hall could see the tips of the staves projecting within the Holy of Holies... [ Continue Reading ]
PUT THEREIN. — Heb., _which Moses put_ — _in Horeb._ Kings is fuller and clearer: _which Moses placed there in Horeb._ The chronicler has substituted “put” for “placed;” perhaps remembering Exodus 40:20 : “And he put the testimony into the ark.” The word _shâm,_ “there” or “therein,” has fallen out... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR ALL THE PRIESTS. — From this point to “for his mercy endureth for ever,” 2 Chronicles 5:13, the narrative is peculiar to the chronicler. He has characteristically inserted between the two halves of the short verse (1 Kings 8:10) a long parenthesis, dwelling upon the Levitical ministrations. THA... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL OF THEM OF ASAPH... BRETHREN. — Heb., _to all of them, to Asaph, to Heman,_ &c., &c., _and to their sons, and to their brethren._ This use of the particle _le_ (_to, for_) is characteristic of the chronicler, whose style in these verses stands in marked contrast with the former part of the chapt... [ Continue Reading ]
IT CAME EVEN TO PASS... THANKING THE LORD. — _And the trumpeters and the minstrels were to sound aloud, as one man, with one sound, in order to praise and thank the Lord._ This ends the parenthesis- THEIR VOICE WITH THE TRUMPETS. — Rather, _A sound with trumpets,_ &c. AND PRAISED THE LORD, SAYING,... [ Continue Reading ]
HOUSE OF GOD. — Kings, “house of the Lord.” See 1 Kings 8:11, and 2 Chronicles 7:2, _infra._ STAND TO MINISTER. — _Take their places,_ or _approach to minister_ (2 Chronicles 6:12). The Syriac adds here, “Ended is the first half of the Chronicles.” Before 2 Chronicles 6 it writes, “The second half... [ Continue Reading ]