2 Chronicles 5:4

³So all the men of Israel came together to the king at the feast in the seventh month.⁴When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,⁵and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The Levitical priests carried them up.

Sermons

The Lord Stirred Up the Spirit of Cyrus.

F.B. Meyer

Summary

This verse describes the momentous occasion when all the elders of Israel gathered to bring the Ark of the Covenant to the newly constructed temple in Jerusalem. The Ark symbolized the presence of God among His people and held great significance in their worship. The unity and reverence displayed by the elders during this event reflected their commitment to honoring and seeking God. It marked a significant milestone in the history of Israel, signifying the establishment of the temple as the central place of worship for the nation.

Commentary

Keil-Delitzsch

Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch Old Testament Commentary

Instead of הלויּם, we have in 2 Kings הכּהנים, the priests bare the ark; and since even according to the Chronicle (Ch2 5:7) the priests bare the ark into the holy place, we must understand by הלויּם such Levites were also priests. - In Ch2 5:5, too the words הלויּם הכּהנים are inexact, and are to be corrected by Kg1 8:4, והלויּם הכּהנים. For even if the Levitic priests bare the ark and the sacred utensils of the tabernacle into the temple, yet the tabernacle itself (the planks, hangings, and coverings of it) was borne into the temple, to be preserved as a holy relic, not by priests, but only by Levites. The conj. ו before הלוים has probably been omitted only by a copyist, who was thinking of הלוים הכהנים (Jos 3:3; Deu 17:9, Deu 17:18, etc.). - In Ch2 5:8 ויכסּוּ is an orthographical error for ויּסכּוּ, Kg1 8:7; cf. Ch1 28:18; Exo 25:20. - In Ch2 5:9, too, מן־הארון has probably come into our text only by a copyist's mistake instead of מן־הקּדשׁ (Kg1 8:8).