2 Chronicles 5:5 - Exposition

In the parallel ( 1 Kings 8:4 ), the "and" in the last line of this verse does not need the italic type, but is found in the Hebrew text, confirming our version of 2 Chronicles 5:4 foregoing. The tabernacle of the congregation; or, tent of meeting, designs hero the tabernacle of Moses from Gibeon, and not the tent of Mount Zion ( 2 Samuel 6:17 ). This tabernacle, then, and these holy vessels all, are carried into the new temple, as venerated relics and sacred mementoes of a memorable past of vicissitude. But the ark had still its ministry to perform ( 2 Chronicles 5:7 ).