CHAPTER V _Solomon having finished the temple, brings in the things which_ _his father had consecrated_, 1. _He assembles the elders and chiefs of Israel and the Levites,_ _in order to bring up the ark from the city of David_, 2, 3. _They bring it and its vessels; and having offered innumerable... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 5:3. _THE FEAST_] "That is, the feast of tabernacles, which was held in the seventh month." - _Targum_. See 1 Kings 8:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 5:9. _THEY DREW OUT THE STAVES_] As the ark was no longer to be carried about, these were unnecessary.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 5:10. THERE WAS _NOTHING IN THE ARK SAVE_] The Chaldee paraphrases thus: "There was nothing put in the ark but the two tables which Moses placed there, after the first had been broken on account of the calf which they made in Horeb, and the two other tables had been confirmed whic... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 5:11. _WHEN THE PRIESTS WERE COME OUT_] After having carried the ark into the holy of holies, before the sacred service had commenced.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 5:12. _A HUNDRED AND TWENTY PRIESTS_] Cymbals, psalteries, and harps, of any kind, in union with _a hundred and twenty trumpets_ or _horns_, could not produce much _harmony_; as to _melody_, that must have been impossible, as the _noise_ was too great.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 5:13. _FOR_ HE IS _GOOD_] This was either the whole of the song, or the _burden_ of each verse. The Hebrew is very short: - כי טוב כי לעולם חסדו Ki tob, ki leolam chasdo. _For_ he is _good; for his mercy is endless_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 5:14. _THE PRIESTS COULD NOT STAND_] What a proof of the being of God, and of the Divine presence! What must those holy men have felt at this time!... [ Continue Reading ]