Bible Chapter Summary
2 Chronicles 5 Summary
The Ark Is Placed in the Holy of Holies
Solomon assembles the elders and leaders of Israel to bring up the ark of the covenant from Zion into the completed temple. The priests and Levites bring the ark, the tabernacle, and all holy vessels. King Solomon and the vast congregation sacrifice sheep and oxen without number. The priests place the ark in the oracle, the Most Holy Place, under the wings of the cherubims. When the priests come out and all sing together praising the Lord for His enduring mercy, the house is filled with a cloud—the glory of the Lord—so that the priests cannot stand to minister.
Key themes
Key verses
2 Chronicles 5:2-5
“Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.”
2 Chronicles 5:13-14
“It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;”
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