2 Chronicles 5

1 ¹Thus all the work that Solomon did for the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, and stored the silver, the gold, and all the vessels in the treasuries of the house of God.

The Ark Brought to the Temple

2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' houses of the people of Israel, in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of ²the city of David, which is Zion.

3 And all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the feast that is in the seventh month.

4 And all the elders of Israel came, ³and the Levites took up the ark.

5 And they brought up the ark, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; ⁴the Levitical priests brought them up.

6 And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who had assembled before him, were before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

7 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, in the inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim.

8 The cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering above the ark and its poles.

9 And the poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen ⁵from the Holy Place before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from outside. And they are^[a] there to this day.

10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets ⁶that Moses put there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the people of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.

11 And when the priests came out of the Holy Place (for all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves, without regard to ⁷their divisions,

12 and all the Levitical ⁸singers, ⁹Asaph, ¹⁰Heman, and Jeduthun, their sons and kinsmen, arrayed in fine linen, with ¹¹cymbals, harps, and lyres, stood east of the altar with 120 ¹²priests who were trumpeters;

13 and it was the duty of the trumpeters and singers to make themselves heard in unison in praise and thanksgiving to the LORD), and when the song was raised, ¹³with trumpets and cymbals and other musical instruments, in praise to the LORD, ¹⁴"For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever,"the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud,

14 so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, ¹⁵for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

2 Chronicles 5 Commentary

Chapter 5

The ark placed in the temple. (1-10) The temple filled with glory. (11-14)

Verses 1-10 The ark was a type of Christ, and, as such, a token of the presence of God. That gracious promise, Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world, does, in effect, bring the ark into our religious assemblies, if we by faith and prayer plead that promise; and this we should be most earnest for. When Christ is formed in a soul, the law written in the heart, the ark of the covenant settled there, so that it becomes the temple of the Holy Ghost, there is true satisfaction in that soul.

Verses 11-14 God took possession of the temple; he filled it with a cloud. Thus he signified his acceptance of this temple, to be the same to him that the tabernacle of Moses was, and assured his people that he would be the same in it. Would we have God dwell in our hearts, we must leave room for him; every thing else must give way. The Word was made flesh; and when he comes to his temple, like a refiner's fire, who may abide the day of his coming? May he prepare us for that day.

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 1-10, see 1 Kings 7:51 - 8:9
• 2. 2 Samuel 6:12
• 3. [ver. 7; 1 Kings 8:3]
• 4. 2 Chronicles 23:18; 2 Chronicles 30:27
• 5. [1 Kings 8:8]
• 6. Deuteronomy 10:2, 5; [2 Chronicles 6:11]
• 7. 1 Chronicles 24:1, 5; [Luke 1:5]
• 8. See 1 Chronicles 25:1-4
• 9. See 1 Chronicles 6:39
• 10. See 1 Chronicles 6:33
• 11. 1 Chronicles 15:16; Psalms 150:3-5
• 12. 2 Chronicles 7:6; 1 Chronicles 15:24
• 13. 1 Chronicles 16:42
• 14. See 1 Chronicles 16:34
• 15. 2 Chronicles 7:2; 1 Kings 8:11; [Exodus 40:35; Ezekiel 10:3, 4]

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew it is

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 5 & 6

The words with which chapter five begins are the same with 1Ki 7:51, and what is contained in that and chapter six is much the same with 1Ki 8:1-66 on which see the notes; the blessing of Solomon on the people of Israel, which is there, is here omitted, and two verses are here added, much the same with Ps 132:8-10.

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