“ And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. ”
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 , th...
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 o...
took up. As commanded in Numbers 4:5 ; Numbers 4:15 ; Numbers 4:19 .
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
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...
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 Holie...
THE TEMPLE WORSHIP 1 Kings 8:1-11 "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 c...
the Temple Filled with Glory 1 Kings 8:1-11 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...
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...
(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...
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, Deut...
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 p...
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 Z...
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...
The Dedication of the Temple. B. C. 1003. 1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel,...
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...
The Bringing Of The Ark Into The Temple And The Manifestation Of God's Presence ( 1 Kings 8:1-11 ). The moment for which Solomon had waited had eventually arrived. The Temple itself was now fully...
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...
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 dedica...
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...
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 relate...
The Ceremony Of Dedication
1 Chronicles 15:11-15 ; 1 Chronicles 15:2 ; 2 Chronicles 5:5-8 ; Deuteronomy 31:9 ; Joshua 3:14 ; Joshua 3:15 ; Joshua 3:6 ; Joshua 4:9 ; Joshua 6:6 ; Numbers 4:15
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...