3 And all the Israelites came together to the king at the time of the festival in the seventh month.
3 Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.
3 And all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the feast that is in the seventh month.
3 All the men of Israel assembled before the king on the feast day of the seventh month, the Feast of Booths.
3 Therefore all the men of Israel assembled with the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month.
3 So all the men of Israel assembled before the king at the annual Festival of Shelters, which is held in early autumn.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Chronicles 5:3
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.