They set the priests — Or, according to another reading, “The priests stood.”

The Levites the sons of Asaph — that is, “su…

After the ordinance of David, king of Israel. —All goes back to earlier times. As the first offerings on the altar were according …

And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of
the Lord
The masons, whose…

There was a remarkable mixture of emotions when the foundation of the temple was laid. Those who only knew the misery of having no temple at all pr…