2 Chronicles 5
5
1 When Solomon had finished constructing the Lord’s temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and all the other articles) in the treasuries of God’s temple.
Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple
2 Then Solomon convened Israel’s elders – all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families – in Jerusalem,#map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4. so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David#sn The phrase the City of David refers here to the fortress of Zion in Jerusalem, not to Bethlehem. See 2 Sam 5:7. (that is, Zion).#tn Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David (it is Zion).” 3 All the men of Israel assembled before the king during the festival#sn This festival in the seventh month was the Feast of Tabernacles, see Lev 23:34. in the seventh month.#sn The seventh month would be September-October in modern reckoning. 4 When all Israel’s elders had arrived, the Levites lifted the ark. 5 The priests and Levites carried the ark, the tent where God appeared to his people,#tn Heb “the tent of assembly.”sn See Exod 33:7-11. and all the holy items in the tent.#tn Heb “and they carried the ark of the Lord…. The priests and the Levites carried them.” 6 Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered.#tn Heb “And King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel, those who had been gathered to him, [were] before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle which could not be counted or numbered because of the abundance.”
7 The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its assigned#tn The word “assigned” is supplied in the translation for clarification. place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place under the wings of the cherubs. 8 The cherubs’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles.#sn These poles were used to carry the ark. The Levites were to carry it with the poles on their shoulders. See Exod 25:13-15; 1 Chr 15:15. 9 The poles were so long their ends extending out from the ark were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point.#tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.” They have remained there to this very day. 10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb.#sn Horeb is another name for Mount Sinai (cf. Exod 3:1). (It was there that#tn Heb “in Horeb where.” the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.)
11 The priests left the holy place.#tn Heb “and when the priests went from the holy place.” The syntactical relationship of this temporal clause to the following context is unclear. Perhaps the thought is completed in v. 14 after a lengthy digression. All the priests who participated had consecrated themselves, no matter which division they represented.#tn Heb “Indeed [or “for”] all the priests who were found consecrated themselves without guarding divisions.” 12 All the Levites who were musicians, including Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives, wore linen. They played cymbals and stringed instruments as they stood east of the altar. They were accompanied by 120 priests who blew trumpets. 13 The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the Lord, singing:#tn Heb “like one were the trumpeters and the musicians, causing one voice to be heard, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, and while raising a voice with trumpets and with cymbals and with instruments of music, and while praising the Lord.” “Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!” Then a cloud filled the Lord’s temple.#tn Heb “and the house was filled with a cloud, the house of the Lord.” 14 The priests could not carry out their duties#tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.” because of the cloud; the Lord’s splendor filled God’s temple.
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2 Chronicles 5
5
The Ark Installed in the Temple
1When all the work that Solomon did for the house of Yahweh was finished, Solomon brought the holy objects of David his father: the silver, the gold, and all the objects he had put into the storehouses of the house of God. 2Then Solomon assembled all the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the families#Literally “fathers” for the Israelites,#Literally “sons/children of Israel” to Jerusalem in order to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh from the city of David, which is Zion. 3And all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the feast that is in the seventh month. 4And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark. 5And they brought up the ark, the tent of assembly,#Or “meeting” and all the holy objects that were in the tent; the Levitical priests brought them up. 6And King Solomon and the whole community of Israel that was assembled before him were before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle that could not be counted nor numbered for abundance. 7Then the priests brought up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place in the inner sanctuary of the house, into the most holy place, underneath the wings of the cherubim. 8The cherubim were spreading their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim were covering the ark and over its poles from above. 9But the poles were so long that the ends of the poles from the ark were seen from before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from the outside. And they are there until this day. 10There was nothing in the ark but the two stone tablets that Moses had put inside at Horeb on which Yahweh had made#Literally “cut” a covenant with the Israelites#Literally “sons/children of Israel” when they went out from Egypt. 11And when the priests came out of the sanctuary (for all the priests who were present#Or “who were found” sanctified themselves without keeping their divisions) 12and all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, their sons, their brothers, dressed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps, and stringed instruments—they were standing to the east of the altar. And with them outside were one hundred and twenty priests who were trumpet blowers. 13And it was the primary duty of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard with one voice, to praise and give thanks to Yahweh. And when a sound from the trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments of song was raised to Yahweh—for he is good, because his loyal love is everlasting—then the house, the house of Yahweh, was filled with a cloud. 14And the priests were not able to stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of Yahweh filled the house of God.
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