John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 8:3

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And all the elders of Israel came, etc.] To Zion, the city of David: and the priests took up the ark; from thence; in (<140504>2 Chronicles 5:4) it is said the Levites did it, whose business it was, (<053125>Deuteronomy 31:25), and so the priests might be called; for every priest was a Levite, though every Levite was not a priest, and the priests did at all times bear the ark; (see <060315>Joshua 3:15 6:4 <101529>2 Samuel 15:29).

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