Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which [was] in the seventh month.
Ver. 3. In the seventh month.] Called Ethanim: haply from the many festivals therein observed. And Solomon fitly taketh that time for the dedication of the temple.
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....
3. THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE CHAPTER 5 The Ark Brought in the Temple _ 1. The completion of the temple (2 Chronicles 5:1)_ 2. The assembly called by Solomon (2 Chronicles 5:2) 3. The ark carrie...
2 Chronicles 5:2 to 2 Chronicles 7:10. THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE (see notes on 1 Kings 8). The chief points of difference between the Chronicler's account and 1 Kings 8 are: (_a_) that in 2 Chronic...
THE FEAST: i.e. the Feast of Tabernacles (Leviticus 23:33, &c)....
_the feast_ i.e. the Feast of Tabernacles. in _the seventh month_ In 1 Kings the name of the month is given as _Ethanim_, but this word was perhaps obsolete when the Chronicler wrote; at any rate we...
UNTO THE KING IN THE FEAST, &C.— _Unto the king on the feast day, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month._ Houbigant. See 1 Kings 8:2....
4. DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE (2 Chronicles 5:2 to 2 Chronicles 7:22) TEXT 2 Chronicles 5:2. Thus all the work that Solomon wrought for the house of Jehovah was finished. And Solomon brought in the thi
_WHEREFORE ALL THE MEN OF ISRAEL ASSEMBLED THEMSELVES UNTO THE KING IN THE FEAST WHICH WAS IN THE SEVENTH MONTH._ In the feast which was in the seventh month. The feast of the dedication of the templ...
THE REMOVAL OF THE ARK TO THE TEMPLE This chapter is a repetition of 1 Kings 8:1, with additional particulars respecting the descent of the glory of the Lord....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE SOLOMON RULES *ISRAEL 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 5 SOLOMON BRINGS THE *ARK INTO THE *TEMPLE – 2 CHRONICLES 5:1-10 v
וַ יִּקָּהֲל֧וּ אֶל ־הַ מֶּ֛לֶךְ כָּל ־אִ֥ישׁ
SOLOMON THE chronicler's history of Solomon is constructed on the same principles as that of David, and for similar reasons. The builder of the first Temple commanded the grateful reverence of a comm...
Construction being completed, the happy and solemn ceremony of dedication by the people and consecration by God followed immediately. With awe-inspiring dignity the Ark of God was carried to its resti...
Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the (b) feast which [was] in the seventh (c) month. (b) When the things were dedicated and brought into the temple. (c) Called in...
_Day, the eighth, 3 Kings viii. 2._...
This assembly beautifully illustrates how all Israel is concerned in what concerned the ark. And how more beautiful still to consider, how all the redeemed of the Lord are concerned in what belongs to...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 7. Thus Solomon having prayed, and entreated Jehovah that His eyes should be open, and His ears attent to the prayers that should be offered to Him...
2 Chronicles 5:1....
_A.M. 2999. B.C. 1005._ Solomon brings the dedicated treasures into the house, and the ark into the sanctuary, 2 Chronicles 5:1. _While the priests and Levites sing praise, the glory of God fills the...
1 The dedicated treasures. 2 The solemne induction of the Arke into the oracle. 11 God being praised, giueth a visible signe of his fauour. 1 THUS al the worke that Solomon made for the house of the...
THE ARK BROUGHT TO THE MOST HOLY PLACE...
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....
DAVID'S PROVISIONS PUT IN THE TEMPLE (v.1) The work of building being completed, Solomon also brought into the temple the things that David had collected and dedicated to the Lord, silver and gold...
1-10 The ark was a type of Christ, and, as such, a token of the presence of God. That gracious promise, Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world, does, in effect, bring the ark into ou...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 5:3 men H376 Israel H3478 assembled H6950 (H8735) king H4428 feast H2282 seventh H7637 month H2320
SEVENTH MONTH That is, October....
CONTENTS: The ark brought in. The glory fills the house. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: When God's work is carried out according to His revealed will and done in the spirit of unity with prai...
2 Chronicles 5:10. _Nothing in the ark save the two tables._ We hear nothing now of the golden pot of manna, nor of Aaron's rod which budded. See note on 1 Kings 8:9. 2 Chronicles 5:13. When they lift...
_To bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord._ THE REMOVAL OF THE ARK I. The time of its removal. 1. Remarkable in itself. The building finished in November was not dedicated until the October...
2 CHRONICLES 5:2 The Dedication of the Temple. The Chronicler’s account of the dedication of the temple is much longer than his description of its construction (77 verses compared to 40), since he is...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Removal of the ark (2 Chronicles 5:1) is followed by visible token of God’s favour (2 Chronicles 5:11) (_cf._ 1 Kings 8:1), an addition to narrative in Kings, is the account of the ci...
EXPOSITION The first verse of this chapter would have stood more fitly as the last verse of the previous chapter. The narrative, that began with the preparations for building the temple (2 Chronicles...
And all of 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 instr...
1 Kings 8:2; 2 Chronicles 7:8; Leviticus 23:34...