2 Chronicles 5
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Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
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.
Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up.
Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude.
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:
For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.

they drew As the ark was no longer to be carried about, the staves were unnecessary

the ends

1 Kings 8:8,9 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen …

there it is, or, they are there: as

1 Kings 8:8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen …

1 Kings 8:8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen …

unto this day That is, the day when these events were recorded; not the day when these extracts were made, after the captivity, and consequently, long after the destruction of the temple.

There was nothing in the ark save 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.

There was nothing In the parallel passage in the Epistle to the Hebrews, it is expressly stated that in the ark were `the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;' but it is evident that the apostle speaks there of the tabernacle erected by Moses, and of the state and contents of that tabernacle in the time of Moses; and in the temple there were several things {added}, and several {left out}.

save

2 Kings 6:11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this …

Exodus 31:18 And he gave to Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him …

Exodus 32:15,16,19 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables …

Exodus 34:1 And the LORD said to Moses, Hew you two tables of stone like to the first…

Exodus 40:20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves …

Deuteronomy 10:2-5 And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables …

Hebrews 9:4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid …

when. or, where.
the Lord

Exodus 19:5 Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, …

Exodus 24:7,8 And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of …

Deuteronomy 29:1,10-14 These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses …

Jeremiah 31:31-34 Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will make a new covenant …

Hebrews 8:6-13 But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also …

And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:
Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:)

the Levites

2 Chronicles 29:25 And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with …

1 Chronicles 15:16-22 And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers …

1 Chronicles 16:4-6,41 And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark …

1 Chronicles 23:5,30 Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the …

1 Chronicles 25:1-7 Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service …

Ezra 3:10,11 And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, …

Asaph

1 Chronicles 6:33,39 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of …

1 Chronicles 25:6 All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house …

Psalm 50:1 The mighty God, even the LORD, has spoken, and called the earth from …

Psalm 62:1 Truly my soul waits on God: from him comes my salvation.

Psalm 88:1 O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you:

arrayed

1 Chronicles 15:27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites …

Revelation 15:6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, …

Revelation 19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, …

cymbals

Psalm 92:3 On an instrument of ten strings, and on the psaltery; on the harp …

Psalm 149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises to him …

Psalm 150:3-5 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery …

and hundred

Numbers 10:1-5 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying…

Joshua 6:6-20 And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, Take …

1 Chronicles 15:24 And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, …

1 Chronicles 16:6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before …

Psalm 68:25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; …

It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were 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, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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