Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 5:11–end
Solomon, and the elders of Israel, had done what they could to grace the solemnity of the introduction of the ark; but God, by testifying his acceptance of what they did, put the greatest honour upon it. The cloud of glory that filled the house beautified it more than all the gold with which it was overlaid or the precious stones with which it was garnished; and yet that was no glory in comparison with the glory of the gospel dispensation, Co2 3:8-10. Observe,
I. How God took possession of the temple: He filled it with a cloud, Ch2 5:13. 1. Thus he signified his acceptance of this temple to be the same to him that the tabernacle of Moses was, and assured them that he would be the same in it;…
Read the whole note in the consoleJamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 5:13
the house was filled with a cloud--(See on Kg1 8:10).
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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 5:13
For he is good - This was either the whole of the song, or the burden of each verse. The Hebrew is very short: -
כי טוב כי לעולם חסדו
Ki tob ki leolam chasdo.
For he is good; for his mercy is endless.
John Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1
See Chapter Introduction
Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 5:11-13
Ch2 5:11-13 describe the part which the priests and Levitical singers and musicians took in the solemn act of transferring the ark to the temple-a matter entirely passed over in the narrative in Kg1 8:11, which confines itself to the main transaction. The mention of the priests gives occasion for the remark, Ch2 5:11, "for all the priests present had sanctified themselves, but the courses were not to be observed," i.e., the courses of the priests (1 Chron 24) could not be observed. The festival was so great, that not merely the course appointed to perform the service of that week, but also all the courses had sanctified themselves and co-operated in the celebration. In reference to the const…
