Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the Lord was finished, 1 Kings 7:51. AND SOLOMON BROUGHT IN ALL THE THINGS THAT DAVID, HIS FATHER, HAD DEDICATED, all the free-will offerings which David had consecrated to Jehovah, 1 Chronicles 22:14; 1 Chronicles 29:3; AND THE SILVER AND THE GOL... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ARK BROUGHT TO THE MOST HOLY PLACE... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the hereditary princes, THE CHIEF OF THE FATHERS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, as representatives of the entire nation, UNTO JERUSALEM, TO BRING UP THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OF THE LORD OUT OF THE CITY OF DAVID, WHICH IS ZION. D... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast, which was in the seventh month, just before the Feast of Tabernacles.... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites, priests of the tribe of Levi, TOOK UP THE ARK.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they brought up the ark and the Tabernacle of the Congregation, the latter being borne by the Levites proper, as usual, to be preserved in one of the chambers of the Temple as a sacred relic, AND ALL THE HOLY VESSELS THAT WERE IN THE TABERNACLE; THESE DID THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES BRING UP.... [ Continue Reading ]
Also King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, as it was being transported to its place in the Temple on that great eighth of Ethanim, SACRIFICED SHEEP AND OXEN, WHICH COULD NOT BE TOLD NOR NUMBERED FOR MULTITUDE, no attempt being made to keep an ex... [ Continue Reading ]
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 cherubim, which had been placed there for that purpose, 2 Chronicles 3:10;... [ Continue Reading ]
for the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above, their height of ten cubits causing them to tower above the ark with its mercy-seat.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they drew out the staves of the ark, those inserted in rings at its corners to carry it with, THAT THE ENDS OF THE STAVES WERE SEEN FROM THE ARK BEFORE THE ORACLE; BUT THEY WERE NOT SEEN WITHOUT, 1 Kings 8:8. AND THERE IT IS UNTO THIS DAY, namely, at the time this account was written, as used by... [ Continue Reading ]
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, Deuteronomy 10:2. All this solemnity was not a mere outward ceremony, but an expression of the deepest conviction of the heart, a... [ Continue Reading ]
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; on account of the greatness of the festival and the unusual number of sacrifices all the priests were required, and so they all, without rega... [ Continue Reading ]
THE GLORY OF THE LORD IN THE TEMPLE... [ Continue Reading ]
also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, in the companies as fixed by the order of David, 1 Chronicles 25:1, 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, nea... [ Continue Reading ]
it came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, voices and instruments rising in one wonderful sound of rejoicing, 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 MUSIC AND PRAISED... [ Continue Reading ]
so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud, this being the well-known light cloud (shechinah) dwelling in the Tabernacle since the time of Moses; FOR THE GLORY OF THE LORD, manifesting His gracious presence in this wonderful cloud, HAD FILLED THE HOUSE OF GOD. In the New... [ Continue Reading ]