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Text -- 2 Chronicles 5:3-14 (NET)
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5:3 All the men of Israel assembled before the king during the festival in the seventh month .
5:4 When all Israel’s elders had arrived , the Levites lifted the ark .
5:5 The priests and Levites carried the ark , the tent where God appeared to his people , and all the holy items in the tent .
5:6 Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered.
5:7 The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple , in the most holy place under the wings of the cherubs .
5:8 The cherubs ’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat ; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles .
5:9 The poles were so long their ends extending out from the ark were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary , but they could not be seen from beyond that point . They have remained there to this very day .
5:10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb . (It was there that the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt .)
5:11 The priests left the holy place . All the priests who participated had consecrated themselves, no matter which division they represented .
5:12 All the Levites who were musicians , including Asaph , Heman , Jeduthun , and their sons and relatives , wore linen . They played cymbals and stringed instruments as they stood east of the altar . They were accompanied by 120 priests who blew trumpets .
5:13 The trumpeters and musicians played together , praising and giving thanks to the Lord . Accompanied by trumpets , cymbals , and other instruments , they loudly praised the Lord , singing : “Certainly he is good ; certainly his loyal love endures !” Then a cloud filled the Lord’s temple .
5:14 The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud ; the Lord’s splendor filled God’s temple .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Worship |
ARK OF THE COVENANT |
Temple |
Solomon |
TEMPLE, A1 |
Ark |
Choir |
Cymbal |
Cherubim |
Harp |
Trumpet |
Thankfulness |
Music |
CLOUD |
Government |
TABERNACLE, B |
Shechinah |
LINEN |
Asaph |
CHERUBIM (1) |
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NET Notes: 2Ch 5:5 Heb “and they carried the ark of the Lord…. The priests and the Levites carried them.”
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NET Notes: 2Ch 5:6 Heb “And King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel, those who had been gathered to him, [were] before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle wh...
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NET Notes: 2Ch 5:8 These poles were used to carry the ark. The Levites were to carry it with the poles on their shoulders. See Exod 25:13-15; 1 Chr 15:15.
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NET Notes: 2Ch 5:11 Heb “Indeed [or “for”] all the priests who were found consecrated themselves without guarding divisions.”
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