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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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Charles Ellicott
On 2 Chronicles 5:2
19th Century
Bishop
The chief of the fathers. —Rather, the chiefs of the clans (father-houses) . Vulgate, “capita familiaru…
John Gill
On 2 Chronicles 5:2
17th Century
Pastor
You shall rise up before the hoary head
Or "before old age" F17, which may be discerned by the hoary or g…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Chronicles 5:1–10
17th Century
Minister
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…