He said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to the LORD, “Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built. It will no longer be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and his people Israel.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 3. By whose. Septuagint “the powerful in Israel, that they might be sanctified to the Lord; and they put,” and so forth Hebrew “who instructed all Israel, the holy people of the Lord: Put,” and so forth Bible.—No more. Hebrew adds, “upon your shoulders;” ( Bible.) whence it is inferred, that it had been carried about the cities of Juda, under the impious kings, who would not suffer it in the temple. Calmet.—Some believe that it was kept in the house of Sellum, the uncle of Jeremias, and husband of Olda. Saint Jerome Trad. Tirinus.