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and Zadok the priest, and his brothers the priests, before the tent of Yahweh in the high place that was at Gibeon,
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Two Holy Places
Commentators explain that David established a dual system of worship for Israel. While the Ark of the Covenant was in a new tent in Jerusalem, the original Tabernacle of Moses and the main altar for sacrifices remained at Gibeon. For over 50 years, Israel had two official, divinely sanctioned centers of national worship.
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1 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The writer of Chronicles inserted this passage between two sentences of the parallel passage in Samuel. It contains a detailed account of the worsh…
19th Century
Anglican
Resumption and conclusion of the narrative suspended at 1 Chronicles 16:7.
So (and) he left there.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests
These he left, having appointed them
to be b…
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