Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the (a) city of David, which [is] Zion. (a) Read (2 Samuel 6:12).... [ Continue Reading ]
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 Hebrew Ethanim, containing part of September and part of October, (1 Kings 8:2), which moves the J... [ Continue Reading ]
[There was] nothing in the ark save (d) 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. (d) For Aaron's rod and manna were taken from there before it was brought to this place.... [ 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 (e) sanctified, [and] did not [then] wait by course: (e) Were prepared to serve the Lord.... [ Continue Reading ]
It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers [were] (f) as one, 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 musick, and praised the LORD, [saying], (g) For [he is] good; for his mercy ... [ Continue Reading ]