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Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers` [houses] of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion.
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A Unified National Act
Solomon gathered a comprehensive group of leaders—the elders, tribal heads, and chiefs of all the family clans. Commentators explain this wasn't a solitary royal act but a unified, national event, signifying that the installation of the Ark of the Covenant was an act involving all of Israel.
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2 Chronicles
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19th Century
Anglican
The chief of the fathers. —Rather, the chiefs of the clans (father-houses) . Vulgate, “capita familiaru…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You shall rise up before the hoary head Or "before old age" F17, which may be discerned by the hoary or g…
Presbyterian
The ark was a type of Christ, and, as such, a token of the presence of God. That gracious promise, Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end o…
