Kings I 8:6

6 And the thing evil in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us: and Samuel prayed to the Lord.

Kings I 8:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:6

And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord
unto his place
Destined for it, the like to which it had in the tabernacle:

into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place;
that part of the house where the divine oracle was, the holy of holies; for though into it none but the high priest might enter, and he but once a year; yet in case of necessity, as for the repair of it, which the Jews ^F19 gather from hence, other priests might enter, as was the case now; an high priest could not carry in the ark himself, and therefore it was necessary to employ others; and besides, as yet the divine Majesty had not taken up his residence in it:

even under the wings of the cherubim;
the large ones which Solomon had made, ( 1 Kings 6:23 ) not those of Moses.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Vid. Maimon. Hilchot Beth Habechirah, c. 7. sect. 23.

Kings I 8:6 In-Context

4 And the men of Israel gather themselves together, and come to Armathaim to Samuel,

5 and they said to him, Behold, thou art grown old, and thy sons walk not in thy way; and now set over us a king to judge us, as also the other nations .

6 And the thing evil in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us: and Samuel prayed to the Lord.

7 And the Lord said to Samuel, Hear the voice of the people, in whatever they shall say to thee; for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me from reigning over them.

8 According to all their doings which they have done to me, from the day that I brought them out of Egypt until this day, even they have deserted me, and served other gods, so they do also to thee.