2 Chronicles 5:1
2 Chronicles 5:1. _David his father had dedicated_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 18:11. _all the instruments_ R.V. ALL THE VESSELS.... [ Continue Reading ]
2 Chronicles 5:1. _David his father had dedicated_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 18:11. _all the instruments_ R.V. ALL THE VESSELS.... [ Continue Reading ]
(1 Kings 8:1-9). The Ark brought into the Sanctuary This section is taken almost verbatim from 1 Kings. 2. _Then Solomon assembled_ The same verb in the Hebrew as in 1 Chronicles 15:3 (see note there) and in 1 Chronicles 28:1. _the chief of the fathers_ R.V. THE PRINCES OF THE FATHERS" HOUSES. _... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 know that in post-biblical times the seventh month was called Tisri.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the Levites took up the ark_ According to 1 Kings the, _priests_performed this duty. Cp. 1 Chronicles 15:2; 1 Chronicles 15:12-13. It is clear from these passages that the Chronicler believed that in the days of David and Solomon, as in his own, the Levites were regarded as a class subordinate to t... [ Continue Reading ]
_the tabernacle of the congregation_ R.V. THE TENT OF MEETING. _the priests_and _the Levites_ R.V. THE PRIESTS THE LEVITES. The A.V. emends the text from 1 Kings 8:4, but R.V. gives the correct translation of the text of Chronicles.... [ Continue Reading ]
_to the oracle_ See 2 Chronicles 3:16, note.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And they drew out the staves_of the ark] R.V. AND THE STAVES WERE SO LONG. _from the ark_ Read (with LXX. and 1 Kings 8:8) FROM THE HOLY PLACE. One standing in the holy place and looking towards the Holy of Holies could see the heads of the staves. _And there it is unto this day_ These words are... [ Continue Reading ]
_which Moses put_therein] Exodus 40:20. _at Horeb_ Deuteronomy 5:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
(1 Kings 8:10-11). The Descent of the Glory of the Lord 11. _out of the holy_place] The priests could remain neither in the Holy of Holies where they had deposited the ark, nor even in the holy place, but were driven altogether out of the Temple building into the Temple court (cp. 2 Chronicles 5:14... [ Continue Reading ]
_of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons_ R.V. EVEN ASAPH, HEMAN, JEDUTHUN, AND THEIR SONS. Cp. 1 Chronicles 25:1-7. being _arrayed in white linen_ R.V. ARRAYED IN FINE LINEN. _psalteries … harps_ See 1 Chronicles 13:8, notes. at _the east_end _of the altar_ Looking westward, facing the... [ Continue Reading ]
_instruments of musick_ Rather as R.V. mg. INSTRUMENTS FOR SONG. _for his mercy_endureth _for ever_ 1 Chronicles 16:41. _was filled_with _a cloud_ Exodus 40:34-35.... [ Continue Reading ]
_had filled_ R.V. FILLED.... [ Continue Reading ]