2 Chronicles 5:2-10 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel… I. THE TIME OF ITS REMOVAL. 1. Remarkable in itself. The building finished in November was not dedicated until the October of the following year. Feast of Tabernacles most suitable time to dedicate temple. 2. Remarkable in its influence. "The magnitude of the event is marked by the fact that now for the first time since the Exodus we have the year and month recorded" (Stanley). II. THE METHOD OF ITS REMOVAL. Similar to the ceremony of removing from the house of Obed-edom. III. THE CEREMONIES WHICH ACCOMPANIED ITS REMOVAL. IV. THE SOLEMN DEPOSIT IN ITS RESTING-PLACE. (J. Wolfendale.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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 city of David, which is Zion. |
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