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5:4 When all <03605> Israel’s <03478> elders <02205> had arrived <0935>, the Levites <03881> lifted <05375> the ark <0727>. 5:5 The priests <03548> and Levites <03881> carried <05927> the ark <0727>, the tent <0168> where God appeared <05927> to his people <04150>, and all <03605> the holy <06944> items <03627> in the tent <0168>. 5:6 Now King <04428> Solomon <08010> and all <03605> the Israelites <03478> <05712> who had assembled <03259> with him went on <05921> ahead <06440> of the ark <0727> and sacrificed <02076> more <07230> sheep <06629> and cattle <01241> than could <03808> be counted <04487> or numbered. 5:7 The priests <03548> brought <0935> the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the Lord <03068> to <0413> its assigned place <04725> in the inner sanctuary <01687> of the temple <01004>, in <0413> the most <06944> holy <06944> place under <08478> the wings <03671> of the cherubs <03742>. 5:8 The cherubs <03742>’ wings <03671> extended <06566> over <05921> the place <04725> where the ark <0727> sat <03680>; the cherubs <03742> overshadowed <05921> the ark <0727> and its poles <0905>. 5:9 The poles <0905> were so long <0748> their ends <07218> extending out from the ark <0727> were visible <07200> from <04480> in front <06440> of the inner sanctuary <01687>, but they could not <03808> be seen <07200> from beyond that point <02351>. They have remained <01961> there <08033> to this <02088> very day <03117>. 5:10 There was nothing <0369> in the ark <0727> except <07535> the two <08147> tablets <03871> Moses <04872> had placed <05414> there in Horeb <02722>. (It was there that <0834> the Lord <03068> made <03772> an agreement with <05973> the Israelites <03478> <01121> after he brought <03318> them out <03318> of the land of Egypt <04714>.) 5:11 The priests <03548> left <03318> the holy place <06944>. All <03605> the priests <03548> who participated <04672> had consecrated <06942> themselves, no matter <0369> which division <04256> they represented <08104>. 5:12 All <03605> the Levites <03881> who were musicians <07891>, including Asaph <0623>, Heman <01968>, Jeduthun <03038>, and their sons <01121> and relatives <0251>, wore <03847> linen <0948>. They played cymbals <04700> and stringed instruments <03658> <05035> as they stood <05975> east <04217> of the altar <04196>. They were accompanied by <05973> 120 <06242> <03967> priests <03548> who blew <02690> trumpets <02689>. 5:13 The trumpeters <02690> and musicians <07891> played <01961> together <0259>, praising <01984> and giving thanks <03034> to the Lord <03068>. Accompanied by trumpets <02689>, cymbals <04700>, and other instruments <07892> <03627>, they loudly praised <06963> <07311> the Lord <03068>, singing <01984>: “Certainly <03588> he is good <02896>; certainly <03588> his loyal love <02617> endures <05769>!” Then a cloud <06051> filled <04390> the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004>. 5:14 The priests <03548> could <03201> not <03808> carry out <05975> their duties <08334> because <06440> of the cloud <06051>; the Lord’s <03068> splendor <03519> filled <04390> God’s <0430> temple <01004>.

• 2Ch 5:2--6:42 -- Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

• Worship

  [isbe] WORSHIP - wur'-ship (Anglo-Saxon: weorthscipe, wyrthscype, "honor," from weorth, wurth, "worthy," "honorable," and scipe, "ship"): 1. Terms 2. Old Testament Worship 3. New Testament Worship 4. Public Christian Worship LITERA...
  [nave] WORSHIP, to be rendered to God only, Ex. 20:3; Deut. 5:7; 6:13; Matt. 4:10; Luke 4:8; Acts 10:26; 14:15; Col. 2:18; Rev. 19:10; 22:8. See: Homage. Of Jesus, See: Jesus, Worship of. Acceptable to God, Gen. 4:4; 8:21. Of th...
  

• Temple

  [nave] TEMPLE. Solomon's Called also Temple of the Lord, 2 Kin. 11:10; Holy Temple, Psa. 79:1; Holy House, 1 Chr. 29:3; House of God, 1 Chr. 29:2; 2 Chr. 23:9; House of the Lord, 2 Chr. 23:5, 12; Jer. 28:5; Father's House, John 2...
  

• TEMPLE, A1

  [isbe] TEMPLE, A1 - tem'-p'l (hekhal, "palace"; sometimes, as in 1 Ki 6:3,5, etc.; Ezek 41:1,15 ff, used for "the holy place" only; bayith, "house," thus always in the Revised Version (British and American); hieron, naos): A. STRUC...
  

• ARK OF THE COVENANT

  [isbe] ARK OF THE COVENANT - kuv'-e-nant ('aron ha-berith): I. The Statements of the Old Testament Concerning the Ark of the Covenant. 1. Pentateuch: In Ex 25:10 ff, Moses receives the command to build an ark of acacia wood. Within...
  

• Solomon

  [ebd] peaceful, (Heb. Shelomoh), David's second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). He was probably born about B.C. 1035 (1 Chr. 22:5; 29:1). He succeeded his father on the throne in early man...
  

• Ark

  [nave] ARK 1. Noah's. Directions for building of, Gen. 6:14-16. Noah and family preserved in, Gen. 6:18; 7:8; Matt. 24:38; Heb. 11:7; 1 Pet. 3:20. Animals saved in, Gen. 6:19, 20; 7:1-16. 2. Of Bulrushes, Ex. 2:3. 3. In the Tab...
  

• Harp

  [nave] HARP, a stringed instrument of music, Isa. 38:20; Ezek. 33:32; Hab. 3:19. With three strings, 1 Sam. 18:6; ten strings, Psa. 33:2; 92:3; 144:9; 150:4. Originated with Jubal, Gen. 4:21. Made of almug wood, 1 Kin. 10:12. Da...
  

• Cherubim

  [nave] CHERUBIM Eastward of the garden of Eden, Gen. 3:24. In the tabernacle, Ex. 25:18-20; 37:7-9. Ark rested beneath the wings of, 1 Kin. 8:6, 7; 2 Chr. 5:7, 8; Heb. 9:5. Figures of, embroidered on walls of tabernacle, Ex. 26:...
  

• Music

  [nave] MUSIC Teachers of, 1 Chr. 15:22; 25:7, 8; 2 Chr. 23:13. Physical effect of, on people, 1 Sam. 16:15, 16, 23. Discoursed during the offering of sacrifices, 2 Chr. 29:27, 28. Precentor, Neh. 12:42. Chief musician, Neh. 12:...
  

• Choir

  [nave] CHOIR 2 Sam. 19:35; 1 Kin. 10:12; 1 Chr. 9:33; 15:16, 19, 27; 2 Chr. 5:12, 13; 9:11; 23:13; 29:28; 35:15, 25; Ezra 2:41, 65, 65, 70; 7:7; 10:24; Neh. 7:1, 44, 67, 67, 73; 10:28, 39; 11:22, 23; 12:28, 29, 31, 38, 40, 42, 45, ...
  

• CHERUBIM (1)

  [isbe] CHERUBIM (1) - cher'-u-bim, cher'-oo-bim (kerubhim, plural of cherub, kerubh): Through the influence of the Septuagint, "cherubim" was used in the earlier English versions, also as a singular, hence, the plural was made to s...
  

• Shechinah

  [ebd] a Chaldee word meaning resting-place, not found in Scripture, but used by the later Jews to designate the visible symbol of God's presence in the tabernacle, and afterwards in Solomon's temple. When the Lord led Israel out o...
  

• LINEN

  [ebd] (1.) Heb., pishet, pishtah, denotes "flax," of which linen is made (Isa. 19:9); wrought flax, i.e., "linen cloth", Lev. 13:47, 48, 52, 59; Deut. 22:11. Flax was early cultivated in Egypt (Ex. 9:31), and also in Palestine (Jo...
  [isbe] LINEN - lin'-en (badh, "white linen," used chiefly for priestly robes, buts, "byssus," a fine white Egyptian linen, called in the earlier writings shesh; pesheth, "flax," cadhin; bussos, othonion, linon, sindon): Thread or c...
  

• Trumpet

  [nave] TRUMPET Made of ram's horn, Josh. 6:4-6, 8, 13; of silver, Num. 10:2. Uses of, prescribed by Moses, Num. 10:1-10. Used in war, Job 39:24, 25; Jer. 4:19; 6:1, 17; 42:14; 51:27; Ezek. 7:14; Amos 2:2; 3:6; Zeph. 1:16; 1 Cor. ...
  

• Thankfulness

  [nave] THANKFULNESS Jesus set an example of, Matt. 11:25; 26:27; John 11:41. The heavenly host engage in, Rev. 4:9; 7:11, 12; 11:16, 17. Commanded, Psa. 50:14. Should be offered to God, Psa. 50:14; to Christ, 1 Tim. 1:12; throug...
  

• CLOUD

  [ebd] The Hebrew so rendered means "a covering," because clouds cover the sky. The word is used as a symbol of the Divine presence, as indicating the splendour of that glory which it conceals (Ex. 16:10; 33:9; Num. 11:25; 12:5; Jo...
  [smith] The shelter given, and refreshment of rain promised, by clouds give them their peculiar prominence in Oriental imagery. When a cloud appears rain is ordinarily apprehended, and thus the "cloud without rain" becomes a proverb ...
  

• Asaph

  [isbe] ASAPH - a'-saf ('acaph): Is the name of three men in the Old Testament, of whom one is the reputed author of Psalms 50 and 73 through 83. He was one of David's three chief musicians, the other two being Heman, and Ethan or J...
  [nave] ASAPH 1. Father of Joah, 2 Kin. 18:18; Isa. 36:3, 22. 2. Son of Berachiah. One of the three leaders of music in David's organization of the tabernacle service, 1 Chr. 15:16-19; 16:5-7; 25:1-9; 2 Chr. 5:12; 35:15; Neh. 12:46...
  

• Cymbal

  [nave] CYMBAL, a musical instrument. Of bronze, 1 Chr. 15:19, 28; 1 Cor. 13:1. Used in the tabernacle service, 2 Sam. 6:5; 1 Chr. 13:8; 15:16, 19, 28; in the temple service, 2 Chr. 5:12, 13; 1 Chr. 16:5, 42; 25:1, 6; Psa. 150:5. U...
  

• Praise

  [nave] PRAISE Song of Moses, after the passage of the Red Sea, Ex. 15:1-19. Of Miriam, Ex. 15:21. Of Deborah, after defeating the Canaanites, Judg. 5. Of Haah, 1 Sam. 2:1-10. Of David, celebrating his deliverance from the hand ...
  

• Tabernacle

  [nave] TABERNACLE One existed before Moses received the pattern authorized on Mount Sinai, Ex. 33:7-11. The one instituted by Moses was called Sanctuary, Ex. 25:8; Tabernacle, Ex. 27:21; 33:7; 2 Chr. 5:5; of Testimony, Ex. 38:21; ...
  

• The Ark Brought to the Temple

  

• Who Were the Ishmaelites?
  They were descendants of Ishmael, Abraham's son, and were divided into twelve tribes (Gen. 25:16; Gen. 16:15,16). They were also called Hagarites, Hagarenes and Arabians (I Chron. 5:10; Psa. 83:6; Isa. 13:20). They were gover...

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