Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
they drew out the staves—a little way, so as to project (see on Exodus 25:15; Numbers 4:6); and they were left in that position. The object was, that these projecting staves might serve as a guide to the high priest, in conducting him to that place where, once a year, he went to officiate before the ark; otherwise he might miss his way in the dark, the ark being wholly overshadowed by the wings of the cherubim.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 1 Kings 8:8:
Numbers 4:6
1 Kings 8:2-6
2 Chronicles 5:2-3
2 Chronicles 7:8
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