1 Kings 8:4
in 1 Kings 8and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And they brought up the ark of Jehovah, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent; even these did the priests and the Levites bring up.
KJV
And they brought up the ark of the Lord, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.
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This verse in 1 Kings 8
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThey brought up - the tabernacle - It is generally agreed that there were now two tabernacles at Gibeon, and the other in the city of David, which one David had constructed as a temporary residence for the ark, in the event of a temple being built. Which of these tabernacles was brought into the temple at this time, is not well known; some think both were brought in, in order to prevent the danger of idolatry. I should rather suppose that the tabernacle from Gibeon was brought in, and that the temporary one erected by David was demolished.
This site's exposition
the priests took up the ark
on 1 Kings 8:3-5
The priests, not the ordinary Levites, carry the ark this time, an honor Wesley and Gill both trace to the law that barred common Levites from the most holy place where it would finally rest. The tabernacle of the congregation and its holy vessels come up with it, so the wilderness sanctuary itself is retired into the new house rather than left standing at Gibeon. The sacrifice offered before the ark is counted in Kings only as too great for number, a first note of the extravagance that runs through the whole dedication.
This site's exposition
the Tent of Meeting
Two tents stood at this time, the tabernacle of Moses at Gibeon and the tent David had pitched for the ark on Zion. Adam Clarke and Albert Barnes both name the tent of Moses. John Wesley held that it was laid up in the temple treasuries, which kept it from superstitious use and drew all worship to Jerusalem.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The tabernacle - That made by Moses, which doubtless before this time had been translated from Gibeon to Zion, and now together with other things, was put into the treasuries of the Lord's house, to prevent all superstitious use of it, and to oblige the people to come up to Jerusalem, as the only place where God would now be worshipped.
Thus will all the church's holy things on earth, that are so much its joy and glory, be swallowed up in the perfection of holiness above. Where it was fixed in its place, the place appointed for its rest after all its wanderings (
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
That annual festival had been instituted in commemoration of the Israelites dwelling in booths during their stay in the wilderness, as well as of the tabernacle, which was then erected, in which God promised to meet and dwell with His people, sanctifying it with His glory.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And the tabernacle of the congregation - Not the tented structure erected for the ark on Mount Zion 2Sa 6:17 by David, but the original tabernacle made by Moses, which had hitherto remained at Gibeon (margin reference). The tabernacle and its holy vessels were probably placed in the treasury.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיַּעֲל֞וּ | vaiyaalu | and they brought up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲר֤וֹן | ʾaron | [the] ark of | H727 → | 202 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֹ֣הֶל | ʾohel | [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵ֔ד | moed | meeting | H4150 → | |
| וְאֶֽת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| כְּלֵ֥י | kelei | [the] utensils of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ | hakodesh | <the> holiness | H6944 → | 469 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בָּאֹ֑הֶל | baohel | [were] in the tent | H168 → | 345 times |
| וַיַּעֲל֣וּ | vaiyaalu | and they brought up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| אֹתָ֔ם | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים | hakohanim | the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃ | vehalviyim | and the Levites | H3881 → |
וַֽיַּעֲל֞וּand they brought up
vaiyaaluH5927 →890 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲר֤וֹן[the] ark of
ʾaronH727 →202 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אֹ֣הֶל[the] tent of
ʾohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵ֔דmeeting
moedH4150 →
וְאֶֽת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
כְּלֵ֥י[the] utensils of
keleiH3627 →325 times
הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ<the> holiness
hakodeshH6944 →469 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בָּאֹ֑הֶל[were] in the tent
baohelH168 →345 times
וַיַּעֲל֣וּand they brought up
vaiyaaluH5927 →890 times
אֹתָ֔ם<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
הַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםthe priests
hakohanimH3548 →750 times
וְהַלְוִיִּֽם׃and the Levites
vehalviyimH3881 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 3:4Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 16:39
And David left Zadok the priest and his fellow priests before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 21:29
For the tabernacle of the LORD that Moses had made in the wilderness and the altar of burnt offering were presently at the high place in Gibeon,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 7:5
And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
- 2 Chronicles 1:3
And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the…
- 2 Chronicles 1:6–12
Solomon offered sacrifices there before the LORD on the bronze altar in the Tent of Meeting, where he offered a thousand burnt offerings.
- 1 Chronicles 16:39
Through
2 Chronicles 1:3And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the…
it leads to
- Exodus 40:34
Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- Exodus 36:8
All the skilled craftsmen among the workmen made the ten curtains for the tabernacle. They were made of finely spun linen, as well as blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, with cherubim skillfully worked into…
- 1 Kings 3:4–15
Now the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for it was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on the altar there.
- Exodus 40:34
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About 1 Kings
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.