4 And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
4 When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,
4 And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.
4 When all the leaders of Israel were ready, the Levites took up the Chest.
4 So all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.
4 When all the elders of Israel arrived, the Levites picked up the Ark.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Chronicles 5:4
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.