And the tabernacle of the congregation - Not the tented structure erected for the ark on Mount Zion II Samuel 6:17 by David, but the original tabernacle made by Moses, which had hitherto remained at Gibeon (margin reference). The tabernacle and its holy vessels were probably placed in the treasury.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 1 Kings 8:4:
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