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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And all the elders of Israel came,.... To Zion, the city of David:
and the priests took up the ark; from thence; in…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
In 2Ch 5:4, ““the Levites” took up the ark;” and by the Law the ark was the special charge of the Kohathites Num 3:31;…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17141 Kings 8:1-11
The temple, though richly beautified, yet while it was without the ark was like a body without a soul, or a candlestick…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
all the elders The other representative persons mentioned in 1Ki 8:1 are all no doubt to be included in this phrase.
the…
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