1 Kings 8:1
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel with all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’ households of the children of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD’s covenant out of David’s city, which is Zion.
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Joshua 23:2Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to them, “I am old and well advanced in years.
2 Samuel 5:7Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. This is David’s city.
2 Samuel 6:6When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached for God’s ark and took hold of it, for the cattle stumbled.
1 Kings 2:10David slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city.
1 Chronicles 11:7David lived in the stronghold; therefore they called it David’s city.
1 Chronicles 15:3David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the LORD’s ark to its place, which he had prepared for it.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:1
The building and furniture of the temple were very glorious, but the dedication of it exceeds in glory as much as prayer and praise, the work of saints, exceed the casting of metal and the graving of stones, the work of the craftsman. The temple was designed for the keeping up of the correspondence between God and his people; and here we have an account of the solemnity of their first meeting there. I. The representatives of all Israel were called together ( ver. 1, 2 ), to keep a feast to the honour of God, for… Read the whole commentary →