1 Kings 8:3

And all the elders of Israel came,.... To Zion, the city of David:

and the priests took up the ark; from thence; in Ch2 5:4 it is said the Levites did it, whose business it was, Deu 31:25, and so…

In 2Ch 5:4, ““the Levites” took up the ark;” and by the Law the ark was the special charge of the Kohathites Num 3:31; Num 4:15. But all priests were Levites Jos 3:3, though all Levites were not…

The temple, though richly beautified, yet while it was without the ark was like a body without a soul, or a candlestick without a candle, or (to speak more properly) a house without an inhabitant. All…

all the elders The other representative persons mentioned in 1Ki 8:1 are all no doubt to be included in this phrase.

the priests took up the ark This duty was usually performed by the Levites (cf. Num…