This chapter contains one important addition only to the narrative of
Kings (see the marginal references); namely, the account of the
circumstances under which the manifestation of the Divine Presence
took place 2 Chronicles 5:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
FROM THE ARK - Or, according to a different reading here and according
to 1 Kings 8:8, some read, “the ends of the staves were seen from
the Holy place.”
THERE IT IS UNTO THIS DAY - This should be corrected as in the margin.... [ Continue Reading ]
EVEN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD - Or, according to another reading
(Septuagint), which removes the superfluousness of these words -
“The house was filled with a cloud of the glory of the Lord.”... [ Continue Reading ]