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5. Since the day. On the basis of Solomon’s fourth year being the 480th year from the Exodus (see on 1 Kings 6:1), it was now nearly 450 years since Israel had left Egypt. The implication of the statement is that inasmuch as during that time the sanctuary had been repeatedly moved from place to place, for a time longer it might continue to be used as the center of worship until arrangements could be made that would be more in line with the purposes of God.

From tent to tent. Compare 2 Sam. 7:6. This reading must not be taken to imply that the ark was housed in various tents but rather that the tabernacle itself, in which the ark was kept, had been moved from place to place.