2 Chronicles 5:8-14

8 The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and covered the ark and its carrying poles.

9 These poles were so long that their ends, extending from the ark, could be seen from in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are still there today.

10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.

11 The priests then withdrew from the Holy Place. All the priests who were there had consecrated themselves, regardless of their divisions.

12 All the Levites who were musicians—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps and lyres. They were accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.

13 The trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give praise and thanks to the LORD. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the LORD and sang: “He is good; his love endures forever.” Then the temple of the LORD was filled with the cloud,

14 and the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the temple of God.

2 Chronicles 5:8-14 Meaning and Commentary

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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Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 3:24
• 2. Hebrews 9:4
• 3. S Exodus 16:34; S Deuteronomy 10:2
• 4. S 1 Chronicles 24:1
• 5. 1 Kings 10:12; 1 Chronicles 9:33; S 1 Chronicles 25:1; Psalms 68:25
• 6. S 1 Chronicles 13:8; 1 Chronicles 15:24
• 7. S 1 Chronicles 16:34,41; 2 Chronicles 7:3; 2 Chronicles 20:21; Ezra 3:11; Psalms 100:5; Psalms 106:1; Psalms 107:1; Psalms 118:1; Psalms 136:1; Jeremiah 33:11
• 8. S Exodus 40:34
• 9. Exodus 40:35; Revelation 15:8
• 10. Exodus 19:16
• 11. S Exodus 29:43; S Exodus 40:35; 2 Chronicles 7:2