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Transferring the Ark of the Covenant from the Tabernacle of David to the Church 1–3. The meeting of the elders of Israel in the seventh month for the celebration of the transfer of the ark. 4–6. The transfer of the ark and Solomon's many sacrifices. 7–10. The ark was placed in the Holy of Holies. 11–14. Levites singing and playing musical instruments; a theophanic cloud fills the church. 2 Chronicles 5:1. And all the work that Solomon did for the house of the Lord was finished. And Solomon brought what was dedicated by David his father, and the silver and gold, and gave all the things into the treasuries of the house of God. 2 Chronicles 5:2. Then Solomon gathered the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the generations of the sons of Israel, to Jerusalem to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the city of David, that is, from Zion. 2 Chronicles 5:3. And all Israel gathered to the king for the feast in the seventh month. The remark of verse 1 about Solomon placing David's treasures in the church is a repetition (1 Kings 7:51) (cf. 2 Kings 8:7-12; 1 Chronicles 18:7-11). These treasures were probably placed in the three-story extensions of the church. Verses 2–3 Wed. ( 1 Kings 8:1-2 ). 2 Chronicles does not indicate the name of the 7th month as “ethanim” or “athanim” (later “tisri”), as in 1 Kings. According to Blessed Theodoret, the meeting of the people took place on the feast of tabernacles (Migne, “Patrologiae Cursus Completus. Series graeca”, t. 80, p. 822). 2 Chronicles 5:4. And all the elders of Israel came. The Levites took the ark 2 Chronicles 5:5. And the priests and the Levites carried them away, the ark and the tabernacle of meeting, and all the sacred things that were in the tabernacle. 2 Chronicles 5:6. But King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel, who had gathered to him before the ark, offered sacrifices of sheep and oxen, which were impossible to count and determine because of the multitude. According to (1 Kings 8:3), the ark was lifted and carried by the priests, as required (Numbers 4:15). Here, verse 4, as well as in (1 Chronicles 15:2) and (2 Samuel 6:15), the right to carry the ark is presented as belonging to the Levites or “Levitical priests,” as should be accurately translated from the Hebrew: (gak) kohanim (ha) Levi; “Levites” is a generic concept, “priests” is a specific concept (cf. Deut. 10:8,18:7). See prof. F.G. Eleonsky, “Theocratic and economic state of the Old Testament Levitism and priesthood according to the laws of the Pentateuch,” Christian Readings, 1875, August, p. 192–207; Wed prot. G. Titov, “History of the priesthood and Levitism of the Old Testament Church”, Tiflis, 1876, p. 63–64, note. 2. 2 Chronicles 5:7. And the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, to the oracle of the church - to the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim. 2 Chronicles 5:8. And the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles from above. 2 Chronicles 5:9. And the poles moved out, so that the heads of the poles of the ark were visible in front of the oracle, but they did not show out, and they are there to this day. 2 Chronicles 5:10. There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses laid at Horeb when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel after their exodus from Egypt. The remark about the poles of the ark and their presence at the last to this day (verse 9, cf. (1 Kings 8:8)) belongs to the modern Solomon, the compiler of church and state chronicles, and not to the priest himself. to the writer of the books of Chronicles, presumably Ezra: already under Rehoboam, the precious utensils of the church were stolen by the Egyptian pharaoh Shusakim (1 Kings 14:25–26; 2 Chronicles 12:9), and after the captivity, the ark itself was not in the temple of Zerubbabel. Thus, this remark, like other features of the narrative, indicates the documentary nature of the news of the book. Chronicles (Cornelius a Lapide ad hoc locum. Prof. A.A. Olesnitsky, “State Chronicle of the Kings of the Jews”, Proceedings of the Kyiv Theological Academy, No. 8, pp. 420–421; Prof. P.A. Yungerov, “Origin and historicity of the book. Chronicles”, 1905, September, p. 15–16; Cf. The Explanatory Bible, vol. II, p. 461). From the remark of Art. 10: “there was nothing in the ark (Solomon’s temple) except the two tablets” (cf. (1 Kings 8:9)) one can already conclude that in the tabernacle of Moses the ark also contained something else: precisely according to (Heb. 9:4) there were, in addition to the tablets of the covenant (cf. Deut. 10:1), a golden vessel with manna ( Ex.16:32–34) and Aaron’s rod that blossomed ((Num.17:10); see “Explanatory Bible,” I, pp. 328 and 546; Prof. Olesnitsky, “The Old Testament Church,” p. 151). 2 Chronicles 5:11. When the priests came out of the sanctuary, for all the priests who were there were sanctified without distinction of departments; 2 Chronicles 5:12. and the Levite singers, all of them, that is, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun and their sons, and their brothers, dressed in fine linen, with cymbals and psalters and harps, stood on the east side of the altar, and with them one hundred and twenty priests who blew trumpets, 2 Chronicles 5:13. and they were as one trumpeting and singing, uttering one voice to praise and glorify the Lord; and when the sound of trumpets and cymbals and musical instruments sounded, and they praised the Lord, for He is good, for His mercy endures forever; then the house, the house of the Lord, was filled with clouds, 2 Chronicles 5:14. and the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, because the glory of the Lord filled the house of God. In comparison with parallel verses (1 Kings 8:10–11), there is a significant insertion of a documentary nature: evidence of the Levitical choirs, established by David at the tabernacle of Zion and Gibeon (1 Chronicles 16:4 ff., 37; 1 Chronicles 25:7–31)), their main choirmasters: Asaph, Heman and Jedithun, and solemn singing with the playing of the church orchestra at the consecration of the church (see Archpriest G. Titov, “History of the Priesthood and Leviticalism,” pp. 94–98). About Asaph and Heman cf. ( 1 Kings 4:31 ) and commentary in The Expository Bible, II, 382-383. On the Cloud of Jehovah's Glory - The Expository Bible, II, p. 401. You might be interested in: