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1 Kings 8:5

were with him before the ark This must refer to the time when the great procession had reached the Temple court. At that spot the ark was set down, and king and people joined in a solemn sacrifice, before the priests bore the ark into the most holy place.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 8THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE _ 1. The great assembly (1 Kings 8:1)_ 2. The transportation of the ark (1 Kings 8:3) 3. The glory of the LORD filling the house (1 Kings 8:10) 4. Solomon's o...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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 of I...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    I. THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE 8:1-66 Because of its importance in the history of redemption, the sacred historian devotes considerable space to the dedication of Solomon's Temple. For centuries God...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND ALL THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL CAME, AND THE PRIESTS TOOK UP THE ARK._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 8 THE CEREMONY AT THE OPENING OF THE *TEMPLE V1 King Solomon called the leaders of the *tribes and the families in *Israel together. The...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SACRIFICING. — This inaugural sacrifice corresponded on a grand scale to the ceremonial of the day, when David brought up the ark to Zion. “When they that bare the ark of the Lord had gone six paces,...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הַ מֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה וְ כָל ־עֲדַ֤ת

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE TEMPLE WORSHIP 1 Kings 8:1 "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 cannot pr...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE GRADUAL GROWTH OF THE LEVITIC RITUAL 1 Kings 8:1 "Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice." - 1 Samuel 15:22 BEFORE we enter on the subject of the Temple worship, it is necessary to emphasize...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE TEMPLE FILLED WITH GLORY 1 Kings 8:1 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 its resti...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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 c...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Sacrificed, by the hands of the priests, (Menochius) or at least (Haydock) gave them the blood to offer upon the altars, which were placed at six paces from one another, in imitation of David, 2 King...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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 t...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people desi...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The circumstances which revealed the character of this rest were remarkable. The staves, with which the priests had borne the ark, were now the memorial of their journeys with God, who, in His faithfu...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND KING SOLOMON, AND ALL THE CONGREGATION OF ISRAEL, THAT WERE ASSEMBLED TOGETHER,.... On this solemn occasion: WERE WITH HIM BEFORE THE ARK; while it was in the court of the priests, before it was...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, [were] with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. Ver....

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _King Solomon, and all the congregation with him before the ark _ This ceremony of removing the ark from the tabernacle which David had erected for it, to the temple, and depositing it in the most hol...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The feast of the dedication of the Temple. 12 and 54 Solomons blessing. 22 Solomons prayer. 62 His sacrifice of peace offrings. 1 THEN [NOTE: 2 Chronicles 5:2.] Solomon assembled the Elders of...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Ceremony Of Dedication...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him were with him before the ark, in a procession which went ahead of the priests, SACRIFICING SHEEP AND OXEN, THAT COULD N...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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 of Is...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-11 The bringing in the ark, is the end which must crown the work: this was done with great solemnity. The ark was fixed in the place appointed for its rest in the inner part of the house, whence th...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SACRIFICING SHEEP AND OXEN; either, first, In the way, David did upon the like occasion, 2 SAMUEL 6:13. Or, secondly, When the ark was come into the priests court, where the altar stood, whence it was...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 8:5 King H4428 Solomon H8010 congregation H5712 Israel H3478 assembled H3259 (H8737) before H6440 ark H727 sacri

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BRINGING OF THE ARK INTO THE TEMPLE AND THE MANIFESTATION OF GOD'S PRESENCE (1 KINGS 8:1). The moment for which Solomon had waited had eventually arrived. The Temple itself was now fully completed...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Ark brought in; Skekinah glory fills the temple. Solomon's sermon. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: All cost and pains are lost on stately structures unless God has been in the work,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 dedicated...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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 hav...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 8:1 The ark of the covenant of God was the great symbol of the Lord’s presence with his people and the place where the tablets of the law were kept (Exodus 25:10;...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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 HIS...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 related in this chapt...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, and they brought the ark of the covenant into the temple, and as they did, the glory of the Lord came and filled the temple and...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 16:1; 1 Kings 8:62; 1 Kings 8:63; 2 Samuel 6:13...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Sacrificing — When the ark was seated in its place: for although they might in the way offer some sacrifices, as David did; yet that was not a proper season to offer so many sacrifices as could not be...

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