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2 Chronicles 5

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  The dedicated treasures.
2  The solemn induction of the ark into the oracle.
11  God being praised, gives a visible sign of his favour.
Verse 1

Thus all 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 instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
A. M. 3000. B.C. 1004. brought in all
1 Kings 7:51, 1 Chronicles 22:14, 26:26-28
Verse 2

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
Then Solomon
1,12, 1 Kings 8:1-11, 1 Chronicles 28:1
the chief
1 Chronicles 15:12, 24:6,31, 26:26
the ark
Numbers 10:33,36
out
1:4, 2 Samuel 6:12, 1 Chronicles 16:1
the city
2 Samuel 5:7
which is Zion
Psalms 2:6, 87:2, 132:13-17
Verse 3

Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.
Wherefore
1 Kings 8:2
in the feast
That is, as the Targumist observes, in the feast of tabernacles, which was held in the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year, which was called Ethanim.
7:8-10, Leviticus 23:34-36, 1 Kings 8:2
Verse 4

And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
the Levites
Probably the Levites, of the family of Kohath, carried the ark into the courts of the temple; and then the priests conveyed it into its proper place.
Numbers 4:15, Joshua 3:6, 6:6, 1 Kings 8:3, 1 Chronicles 15:2,12-14
Verse 5

And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up.
the tabernacle
1:3, 1 Kings 8:4,6
Verse 6

Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
2 Samuel 6:13, 1 Kings 8:5, 1 Chronicles 16:1,2, 29:21
Verse 7

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:
the priests
Psalms 132:8
to the oracle
4:20, Exodus 37:6-9, 1 Kings 6:23-28, 8:6,7, Hebrews 9:4,5
Verse 8

For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
the staves
Exodus 25:12-15, 37:3-5, Numbers 4:6
Verse 9

And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.
they drew
As the ark was no longer to be carried about, the staves were unnecessary.
the ends
1 Kings 8:8,9
there it is, or, they are there: as 1 Ki 8:8
1 Kings 8:8
unto this day
That is, the day when these events were recorded; not the day when these extracts were made, after the captivity, and consequently, long after the destruction of the temple.
Verse 10

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
There was nothing
In the parallel passage in the Epistle to the Hebrews, it is expressly stated that in the ark were "the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;" but it is evident that the apostle speaks there of the tabernacle erected by Moses, and of the state and contents of that tabernacle in the time of Moses; and in the temple there were several things added, and several left out.
save
6:11, Exodus 31:18, 32:15,16,19, 34:1, 40:20, Deuteronomy 10:2-5, Hebrews 9:4
when
or, where. the Lord.
Exodus 19:5, 24:7,8, Deuteronomy 29:1,10-14, Jeremiah 31:31-34, Hebrews 8:6-13
Verse 11

And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:
present
Heb. found. sanctified.
29:5,15,34, 30:15,17-20, Exodus 19:10,14,15, Job 1:5
wait by course
35:4, 1 Chronicles 24:1-31
Verse 12

Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)
the Levites
29:25, 1 Chronicles 15:16-22, 16:4-6,41,42, 23:5,30, 25:1-7, Ezra 3:10,11
Asaph
1 Chronicles 6:33,39, 25:6, Psalms 50:1, 62:1, 88:1; *titles
arrayed
1 Chronicles 15:27, Revelation 15:6, 19:8
cymbals
Psalms 92:3, 149:3, 150:3-5
and hundred
Numbers 10:1-5, Joshua 6:6-20, 1 Chronicles 15:24, 16:6, Psalms 68:25
Verse 13

It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
as one
Psalms 95:1,2, 100:1,2, Isaiah 52:8, Jeremiah 32:39, Acts 4:32, Romans 15:6, Revelation 5:8-14
with the trumpets
Psalms 68:25,26
he is good
7:3, 20:21, 1 Chronicles 16:34-41, Ezra 3:11, Psalms 136:1-26, Jeremiah 33:11
then the house
Exodus 40:34,35, 1 Kings 8:10-12
Verse 14

So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
the priests
7:2, 1 Timothy 6:16
the glory
Exodus 40:35, Isaiah 6:1-4, Ezekiel 10:4, Revelation 15:8

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