2 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 5:1

ANd Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated] 1 Kings 7. 51.

the silver, &c.] Over and above that which was laid out upon the temple.

2 Chronicles 5:2

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel] 1 King. 8. 1, 2, &c.

2 Chronicles 5:3

the seventh moneth] Called Ethanim, 1 Kings 8:2.

2 Chronicles 5:4

Levites] Who were priests, vers. 5. See the notes on 1 Chron. 15. 2.

2 Chronicles 5:5

the priests, &c.] The priests onely did bear the ark: The Levites carried the other things, Numbers 4:15.

2 Chronicles 5:9

there it is] Or, they are there, as 1 Kings 8:8.

2 Chronicles 5:10

put therein at Hreb] Deut. 10. 2, 5.

when] Or, where.

2 Chronicles 5:11

all the priests] Both those, whose course it was then to wait: and those also, whose turn it was to have been as home.

present] Heb. found.

sanctified] See the notes on 1 Chronicles 15:14.

by course] But all together.

2 Chronicles 5:12

Also the Levites which were &c.] 1 Chron. 25. 1.

singers] Or, masters of musick.

cymbals] See the notes on 1 Chronicles 15:16.

east-end] Next to the door of the temple.

2 Chronicles 5:13

as one] In the matter which they sung, and in their melodious harmony, and in the time wherein they continued.

For he is good] Psal. 136.

a cloud] See the notes on 1 King. 8. 10, 11.