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A Task of Highest Honor
Commentators explain that while a specific family of Levites typically carried the Ark, the priests were given this duty on occasions of supreme importance, such as this dedication or the crossing of the Jordan. This elevated the solemnity of the event, signifying that bringing God's presence into the temple was a task of the highest honor.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 8:3
18th Century
Theologian
In 2 Chronicles 5:4, the Levites took up the ark; and by the Law the ark was the special charge of the Kohathites ([Reference …
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 8:3
19th Century
Bishop
The priests took up the ark. —To bear the ark on its journeys was properly the duty of the Levites of the family of Kohat…
John Gill
On 1 Kings 8:3
17th Century
Pastor
And all the elders of Israel came
To Zion, the city of David:
and the priests took up the ark
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 8:1–11
17th Century
Minister
The bringing in the ark is the end that must crown the work. This was done with great solemnity.
The ark was fixed in the place appointed fo…