V. 2–VIII. 10.
The Dedication of the Temple.
Chapter V.
2–10 (= 1 Kings viii. 1–9).
The Ark brought into the Sanctuary.
This section is taken almost verbatim from 1 Kings.
²Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers’ houses of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.
2. Then Solomon assembled] The same verb in the Hebrew as in 1 Chronicles xv. 3 (see note there) and in 1 Chronicles xxviii. 1.
the city of David] See 1 Chronicles xi. 5, note on the strong hold of Zion.
³And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king at the feast, which was in the seventh month.
3. the feast] i.e. the Feast of Tabernacles, i.e. after the fruit harvest.
in the seventh month] In 1 Kings the name of the month is given as Ethanim, but this word was perhaps obsolete when the Chronicler wrote; at any rate we know that in post-biblical times the seventh month was regularly called Tisri.