For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever:
The declaration stands in chapters 21-23, which cover the prosperous years of David's reign. It announces that the Lord had given His people rest to dwell permanently in Jerusalem once the temple was built. That rest was fulfilled at the dedication of Solomon's temple, when the long-separated ark and tabernacle were united in a more permanent house and the ark was set between the cherubim in the most holy place never to be carried about again. While Israel knew that settled peace, the continued presence of Jehovah's law in the ark was everything to them.
After that rest the work of assisting the priests in the sanctuary service was assigned to the Levites, including preparing the showbread, often leading the singing, collecting the tithe, and doing a large amount of other work connected with the service. In David's time the Levites entered that sanctuary service at twenty years of age, and their work was largely confined to the court. That court-centered Levitical service typifies the work of the gospel ministry in the present day.
The declaration stands in chapters 21-23, which cover the prosperous years of David's reign. It announces that the Lord had given His people rest to dwell permanently in Jerusalem once the temple was built. That rest was fulfilled at the dedication of Solomon's temple, when the long-separated ark and tabernacle were united in a more permanent house and the ark was set between the cherubim in the most holy place never to be carried about again. While Israel knew that settled peace, the continued presence of Jehovah's law in the ark was everything to them.
After that rest the work of assisting the priests in the sanctuary service was assigned to the Levites, including preparing the showbread, often leading the singing, collecting the tithe, and doing a large amount of other work connected with the service. In David's time the Levites entered that sanctuary service at twenty years of age, and their work was largely confined to the court. That court-centered Levitical service typifies the work of the gospel ministry in the present day.