John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 4. And they brought up the ark of the Lord , etc.] From the city of David to the temple: and the tabernacle of the congregation ; not the tent David made for the ark, though that might be brought also, but the tabernacle of Moses, which had been many years at Gibeon; but now removed to Zion, and from thence to the temple, where it was laid up, as having been a sacred thing; that it might not be put to common or superstitious uses, and to prevent the being of more places than one for worship: and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle ; as the candlestick, shewbread table, incense altar, etc. even those did the priests and the Levites bring up ; some brought one, and some another; the priests brought the ark, and the Levites the vessels.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-11 - The bringing in the ark, is the end which must crown the work: this wa done with great solemnity. The ark was fixed in the place appointed for its rest in the inner part of the house, whence they expected God to speak to them, even in the most holy place. The staves of the ark wer drawn out, so as to direct the high priest to the mercy-seat over the ark, when he went in, once a year, to sprinkle the blood there; so tha they continued of use, though there was no longer occasion to carry it by them. The glory of God appearing in a cloud may signify, 1. The darkness of that dispensation, in comparison with the light of the gospel, by which, with open face, we behold, as in a glass, the glor of the Lord. 2. The darkness of our present state, in comparison with the sight of God, which will be the happiness of heaven, where the Divine glory is unveiled.
Original Hebrew ויעלו5927 את853 ארון727 יהוה3068 ואת853 אהל168 מועד4150 ואת853 כל3605 כלי3627 הקדשׁ6944 אשׁר834 באהל168 ויעלו5927 אתם853 הכהנים3548 והלוים׃3881
