2 Chronicles 5:4
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
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Barnes' Notes
The Levites took up the ark - i. e., such of the Levites as were also priests (compare 2Ch 5:7; 1Ki 8:3).
This agrees with what we had Kg1 8:2, etc., where an account was given of the solemn introduction of the ark into the new-erected temple. 1. There needed no great solemnity for the bringing in of the…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
the Levites took up the ark According to 1 Kings the, priestsperformed this duty. Cp. 1Ch 15:2; 1Ch 15:12-13. It is clear from these passages that the Chronicler believed that in the days of David and…
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