And they brought up the ark of the Lord,.... 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, &c.
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1 Kings 8:4
1 Kings 8:4
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