John Gill's Exposition on 1 Kings 8:4

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And they brought up the ark of the Lord, etc.] From the city of David to the temple: and the tabernacle of the congregation; not the tent David made for the ark, though that might be brought also, but the tabernacle of Moses, which had been many years at Gibeon; but now removed to Zion, and from thence to the temple, where it was laid up, as having been a sacred thing; that it might not be put to common or superstitious uses, and to prevent the being of more places than one for worship: and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle; as the candlestick, shewbread table, incense altar, etc. even those did the priests and the Levites bring up; some brought one, and some another; the priests brought the ark, and the Levites the vessels.

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