51 Thus all the work that Solomon performed for the house of the Lord was finished . And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated , even the silver and the gold and all the utensils , and put them in the treasuries of the house of God .
2 Then Solomon assembled to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes , the leaders of the fathers' households of the sons of Israel , to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David , which is Zion . 3 All the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast , that is in the seventh month . 4 Then all the elders of Israel came , and the Levites took up the ark . 5 They brought up the ark and the tent of meeting and all the holy utensils which were in the tent ; the Levitical priests brought them up. 6 And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel who were assembled with him before the ark , were sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered . 7 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place , into the inner sanctuary of the house , to the holy of holies , under the wings of the cherubim . 8 For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark , so that the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles . 9 The poles were so long that the ends of the poles of the ark could be seen in front of the inner sanctuary , but they could not be seen outside ; and they are there to this day . 10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets which Moses put there at Horeb , where the Lord made a covenant with the sons of Israel , when they came out of Egypt .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Chronicles 5:1-10
Commentary on 2 Chronicles 5:1-10
(Read 2 Chronicles 5:1-10)
The ark was a type of Christ, and, as such, a token of the presence of God. That gracious promise, Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world, does, in effect, bring the ark into our religious assemblies, if we by faith and prayer plead that promise; and this we should be most earnest for. When Christ is formed in a soul, the law written in the heart, the ark of the covenant settled there, so that it becomes the temple of the Holy Ghost, there is true satisfaction in that soul.